-salt of life-

1.

the seabed's dressed  

in silent emerald.

armor-clad, the seahorse
holds-fast

to its crazy biology.

the strange sea cucumber

readies itself at the table

and the armed anemone animates

hypnotically for its harvest.

2.

inside the city's tenement

no one questions the racket.

it runs blood-rich through the hallways

pulsating at the hands and from the mouths

of its occupants.

water is running

in two rooms reserved for running water.

kitchen aromas drape

the atmosphere fold on fold

and dishrags sweep across the oilcloths

sometimes to closure,
sometimes in preparation.

                                 

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