the moonshine a white blare,
the algae a wet bloom
on the sea.
            who found the ocean
            unknowable, again? i make wisdom with her
all night long: waves of watery grain,
the thresher teeth of my human body. i need sleep, but lands
            the sand such sloppy kisses on my soles,
i lie face down and lick the fragrant anemones
in the dark where the deepest tide pools.