HANGIN A GRANNY ON THE EAST WIND
(For Harold Fisher)

I'm sick
In the cabin - the water makes
Ganglets of sound,
The prow ploshes the choppy water.

Backed by the clouds in his thunderous tack
He in a flurry of clubfoots, luft jibs,
Thumps the rudder and applesauces
The wake of a jet plane
Slicing white Lucky Strike-like through the sky
Behind and above him. And as I
Hold tightly to my fat-fanny-west
Green inside the chortling hold
Of the tilt sail cabin
He comes about to the East

And the sun shines.


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