Kelly Smith

THE GULF

Beach tar on the soft

humidity of bruisesssssa passing wave lifted me

face flush with its surface

I woke earlysssssssss s without memorysssss sa doll's face

I woke earlyssssssss ss I remembered

the morning changed color on the wall

and the others also waking

ssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssss noise from the dumpster

sssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssss san arm wrapping on a spool

sssssssssssssssss how in the market

tones raised themselves in helix, stacking

selling food

machines that eat food

a cat watched discerningly

followed us with even steps along a wallsss in the gulf skeins were

ss loosed

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss nets billowing what swims

we lay resting drinks on our stomachs

the cold of the drink ran through me like a pole

we were thinking again: bull or matador?

water flexed many spinessssss ss swhat glides