| 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
