crest of light
elevated over the lengths and shadows
of this circling ocean, throbbing water where we soak
in indolence, ignorance

such saturation of desire, myopic inebriation
this endless flotilla of exotic evaporation

baptysmal vigour of penetrating mystery
sharp wind purging the blood across your cheek
from the eye, beneath the foot
perfection extends from the silence
into fluctuating vagaries of light

it is now
recurrent discovery of the first beam of light
and its first vague shadow

it is here
instantaneous evaporation and condensation
of a single crystal of light

infinite balance

1977
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