the tidepool
The tide pool
1/ The rain , a dark streak from a cloud
Over by Kilroot , a greasy smear .
Soon it will be raining here
On concrete already stained
With yellow , rust and ivory
2/ Behind the wall
the jelly people live
the jelly people live
like glassy ghosts ,
they elevate and sink
they elevate and sink
in the lapping swell
of the tide pool ,
convulsing and pulsating ,
these colonies of cells ,
these colonies of cells ,
rising , falling in cadence ,
the soundless choir
of singing dreams
in the tide pool ,
inhaling and exhaling ,
anointed on their glossy skulls
with ashy crosses over curtains ,
furnishings
furnishings
with trailing tassels
made of streaming stings ,
reflecting back an August moon
In the tide pool
A.Greg , Bangor , 13/08/2019
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