Deluge

Over the everlasting
body of the Pacific

the serpent tide
uncoils in iridescent

deluge flooding
this secluded cove

and resides here still

quietly

aquamarine

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tongues resonate
with brine and woodmint

the light has changed

a solemnity of three
pelicans

cruise

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shadowclouds
of blackbirds swell

and break evenly
flash white and

turn back across
a thousand-petaled

moon

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illuminated
in the waves

you bend to
quicken

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fingers diverge

like open wings
now leading

to the center of deepest need

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where loving lives
living dances

your eyes have lifted

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the rest of your life
are free

West of Granite Point
Point Lobos
1989