A siren’s whisper— before eternal effervescence 

In the rear-view mirror of your white corvette 

I watched the sun set on the back of your neck 

“And felt the taste of you bubble up inside me”. ¹ 

I stood silent, behind, as you walked down sand 

Hearing seagulls above scouring the land as 

They swam over crabs scuttling back into the sea. 

Yesterday’s moon bloomed earlier than I’d thought 

And so the pink sea mist followed suit, and brought 

Salty air over the ocean at 6 P.M. 

Like a cherry pit sprouting from its crimson shell 

I discarded my blue, woollen cell 

From my shoulders, and ran back to be yours again. 

But summer had slipped us under her tongue;

Her saliva was foamy, and her uvula 

Stung like the beginnings of a stripe-less bumble bee. 

And winter had left me alone in my cocoon 

Without you to fill up the space in my womb, 

So. soon, I fizzled away, back into my sea.