29 March 2012
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succession

apostle of hard
knocks
the saint
in the cockle shell
cradles a candle

it burns
his cupped hands
but he keeps it
from the sting
of the sea

presto the
cockle shell’s
a caravel and the saint’s
a gyro
humming the map

when the waves die
he hears his heart
it’s a washing machine
agitating
his empty house