pink shell crumbed sand lips
tide wave flicks its salty tongue
blotting tandem prints
stippled patterns shift
water strider’s contra dance
pool ripples spiral
fearful ones flounder
water allows buoyancy
when struggling stops
sigh of wet lament
bereft of water bearer
brook keeps flowing on
water’s tastelessness
mouth’s wet desire remembered -
baseline of all taste
cobb webbed rock cascade
moss laced fingers trickle tears
needle waterfalls
