Purvi Shah

You Start with Lassoing the Ocean

What follows her is a fist
of cold air. You craved

the ocean & she proved
its most approximate proxy.

In the morning, you dream
of crests and configure

tides: a.m. let roll back
p.m. roll in sand. Let

the moon be exhausted –
let it contribute overtime.

Tell it to put a call in
to Saturn or Jupiter’s entourage

to form union. You’ve got
your hands full – one

girl, one cosmos, and chill
enough to rodeo the sun.

Purvi Shah

"You Start with Lassoing the Ocean" appeared in The Literary Review, Spring 2009.

First posted on October 16, 2010 7:44 AM