Two seas square
their dancing
reaching for each
other
on the strength of
their waves
but pulling back
again
not all: some
cross over,
and more, and
more, they kiss –
tongues one might
think merging –
the rock is down
below;
and wrack's been
pushed aside
as lunch things on
tables
when a passion
builds up...
slowly, slowly,
pink, bare,
momentarily blue,
glistening, and
green,
disappearing
beneath
mechanical embrace
and the small
observer
does well indeed
not to
anthropomorphosise
trying to
understand
© Lawrence Upton
2012
Lawrence Upton (born London 1949, of Cornish origins) is a poet, graphic artist and sound artist, currently directing Writers Forum. Upton is remarkable for the range of his genres and forms; and for the political savvy of his writing. He is a performer, continuing and expanding the performance tradition of, amongst others, Bob Cobbing. He spent much of the first decade of this century in Cornwall; but is now a Fellow of Goldsmiths, University of London.
More to be read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Upton
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