1. A lay of fabric.

    Feather bookmark.  Dusty spine.  A clumsy way to claim that the things I hold are mine.

    Thread-bare.  Skin-tight.  Generous arms on a cold and quiet night.

    Sharp edges.  Steep shore.  Asked the ocean to come back once more.

    At the cliff.  Years and a day.

    Slept til the ocean came back my way.