giving me pause

you know that it's been a while since I wrote a poem in here, but now I have to, because I've been reading this manuscript called blue and red things by laura solomon, and page after page I'm finding myself a little breathless in the reading, so I want to share.

First Visit to Fire Island

The shore
as day and sun bore on
became to our alarm
smaller, larger
then smaller
again.

We wore
giant black sunglasses.
Surely it were these
that kept secret from us
the water.

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also, I've been doing yoga, which has been very good, and I feel strong and centered, except for that one time I fell out of crow pose, fell on my face, and then busted out laughing, breaking not just my own concentration, but that of my instructor and nearest fellow yoga-ers.

also, there's a chance I'll be learning how to pole dance soon. go body! woo hoo!