Sport 31: Spring 2003
virtual beach
virtual beach
inside the baby is feeding.
& you are useless at weaning.
so you sit with your lonely ear
to the busy cities
of tv.
you are a circle
& your baby an o
you receive the news
about a beach with no sand
which is about all you're up to.
you hear people rhyme
beach & reef
jetties & amenities in the same sentence
& you see the engineers
who had designs
in their eyes
you meet golden bay
& oriental parade
in 2 frames
& wonder how far sand travels
to make people happy & your baby—
he will never know from where that sand came.