Kuta Beach
(After Reading Lorca)
Death comes in
with the salt
at the tavern
in this country
both gentle and sinister
prancing white horses
wave-dancing men
their soft guitars at night
from across the bay
the noises
the bursts of light
mistaken for fireworks
at first
young men
with trembling hands
hard-muscled
young men of the sea
an odour of salt
and blood
death enters into the salt
as the salt enters into the death
in that tavern.
(2005)
at the tavern
in this country
both gentle and sinister
prancing white horses
wave-dancing men
their soft guitars at night
from across the bay
the noises
the bursts of light
mistaken for fireworks
at first
young men
with trembling hands
hard-muscled
young men of the sea
an odour of salt
and blood
death enters into the salt
as the salt enters into the death
in that tavern.
(2005)
Published Diverse-City 2006 (Anthology of the Austin International Poetry Festival, Texas)
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