Gift of the Purling Sea
William Goresko 1951 (Philadelphia, PA) – 2008 (Willow Grove, PA)
You burrow in the ocean's sandy floor
Far from the cry of the clamoring crowd
And take your meals within shadow of shore
Ensconced inside your corrugated shroud.
But deep within your delicate flesh
A bit of sand has fashioned a home
To stealthily grind and grate and press
To jam between your body and bone.
You welcome the trespasser into your gut
And layer it slowly in lustrous sheen
Until that grain so rude and rough
Becomes a smooth and shining dream.
If only we could change and ascend
Above all the things that rip and rend.
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| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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