The Eighth Page

HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO ASSIGN A DEEPER MEANING TO THIS WEIRD POEM ABOUT A SEAHORSE?

Is it the way that you move or the

curve of your body?

The moon on the sand or the crash

of the waves?

Down here, I know you

cannot hear me,

But I nevertheless speak words of l

ove.

We float, as a dream, through the

vast open ocean.

We drift, as a pair, together at last.

Were I a rich man, I would spoil

you with the warmest gulfs,

Were I a merman, I would stay with you forever,

But my vision fogs, my mind grows

hazy, and at the end of the night,

I must come up for air.