sulk into the rugged green
Water for the second time
Rising naked with seaweed
and a woman underneath the char
A mouth full of broken shells,
standing trembling, most unwell
His dead life stood before him, indestructible
Indestructible, and unsinkable
on the brand new ground waves
The waves now rolling down the street
Waves that lump about his feet
Ladies walking in this city
All the creatures in the sea
Pull in their nets and drag
In every doorway, in the street,
Made the traps in sparkling night
For a soul to live with bodies
On the brand new Broadway
The waves that map around
Ladies walking in this city
All the flames as they vanish
Into the bowels of the night
Liquid bodies in pale light