I sprawl my arms around the bounteous sea 

The waves, pirouette closer as I stretch 

The sea is a brusque green heave

and night-strewn salt accross the sky

beyound stars, 

beyound rivers and streams 

and yes, the mermaid stands at the center;

brown,

oblong-headed lioness,

breath of indigo,

with a fish-glow sheen she answers—

Mami of the seas saltiness 

sophisticreamy!

stretch out your wavelets in swirling eddies upon my palms 

and feet of desperate need,

draw me near—

race! race! me

with sharks, dolphins and hammerhead 

on sea weed,

to touch your divine,

waltzing through the blue sea

Then leave a potion,

a drop or two

that it dissolves and soothes me to sleep in 

jelly-fish repose.