The ocean, the beach, Grand Haven, the waves.
Comforting & timeless
constant & consistent
swells and retreats as it swells up some other place

It could have been anytime at anywhere

I imagined the time that Joe made me carry him
through 18" of snow so we could test our luck
at the frozen lake michigan shore

Or naked in chicago with familiar strangers
and 'social lubricants'

Or setting off fireworks under the ice

Come to think of it I only have good memories
associated with going to the beach


I picked up a stone that washed ashore
and put it in my pocket
I like collecting little things that
can fit in my pocket

"I wish I had a corporate sponsor for my life."
-Klaus

I dozed into a drift
dizzied and dazed
waiting, my grace
saving, your eyes

anxiously tearing apart

fish bones from leaves
give me life
for what I destroy
must create
right right right?

Hush.

I wanted to hold on to it a bit longer

I went to the place you warned me of
of whispered snow
of melting glows
The distant is here
throbbing in my hand
uniform
dripping like cumulonimbus
hiding our sins
for a moment
everything stops