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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2058889
a formula for the end of the day
the bluff is hollowed out
beneath my feet
etched into
an impossible sand-scoured design
that echoes with each crash of wave.
time has left me hollow—
a bloated fish-belly on the shore,
ready to explode
into a jangled mass of retching.

how can my guts unwind themselves
when a sea gull has twisted my liver
on his vibrating talons?
pause.
remember to breathe again.
lean against an ivy-covered wall,
and let the manic music of the day
relax its frenetic jangle
into a calmer tune.

watch at sunset,
rays of fire dance scarlet
over bone-cold black waters
and me.
in one sunlit beam,
dust motes dangle
for me to count—
one, ten,
two hundred seven—
lose track,
drift in a cloud of unconcern.

see.
the waves shine fire
upon the rocks—
a jagged stained-glass sculpture
collapsing into itself
over and again.
let it breathe with me.
fast comes twilight.
the sea dons its
deeply purpled mask
let it soothe me into night.

line count: 40

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