He is standing on the beach
A young woman scientist
like a sister
is down the shore
A wave gathers
cup-shaped
swelling only where he is
and pouncing on
only him
She comments on his
special-ness
and says something about
a storm generating waves…
…Now
they are in Antarctica—
an interpretive site
—and he sees the
two great ranks of swells
two great walls of water
one from the Pacific
one from the Atlantic
crashing together
in a turbulence
He is in her body
rising into the sunset clouds
seeing the mist through her
camera
watching
as it closes in
Then
coming back
to the interpretive outpost there is
a notice on the wall
asking
that the other family
please
stop licking the sea worms
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