OCEAN


i wander roads that lead to beach
drunk off local beer and grocery store wine
spend time
how high a skyscraper
do you climb to see the sun
sweaty globe i am naming things
i am tweeting jewel lyrics
at a quarter to three somewhere
on the interstate in indiana
going through hoosier national forest
there are trees everywhere
that is not the Great American Desert
not Nebraska where you are and i was
but i wandered off or you jumped
into a life
we all came from the ocean or something
and should take time out of our lives
to walk out into the sea
measure the waves as they come
swallow us
but i cant swim
and i cant wait to see you
and i am scared
the undertow will rip my legs
the sharks will take back their teeth
that i have collected over the years
a whale or some big fish
will move past my tiny worthless body
floating or sinking
sunk
i wave my arms desperately at gulls
to pick me up
by the wounds by the eyelids
by wing
i am flying
i am the wright brothers
for roughly 38 minutes
i am out of fuel
i turn on the radio
i turn up the radio
i will sing along to songs
that women sing about being stupid in love
because thats what i want to feel