jade cicada
gold sleep & stop the seas
cover plugged lungs
jade on the tongue
a bracelet a vagrant a thread a bone
cold breath & luminous stone under bronze
a caught & merry lonely day
seal the seas by nose & spray
sea’s air the call of breath it steers
a wind & a way to sail go sweetly
go crying with the grey sea sewn
all ghosts await a spume flung sky
a fiery sunset for the sailor
on the tongue a jade cicada
