SEA GARDEN
SEA ROSE
Rose, harsh rose,marred and with stint of petals,meagre flower, thin,sparse of leaf,
more preciousthan a wet rosesingle on a stem—you are caught in the drift.
Stunted, with small leaf,you are flung on the sand,you are liftedin the crisp sandthat drives in the wind.
Can the spice-rosedrip such acrid fragrancehardened in a leaf?
THE HELMSMAN
O be swift—we have always known you wanted us.
We fled...
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