canoe
by the oyster bay
in a mountain blue

let the hand through
the gray,
canoe

where a seal or two
blinks and strays
in a mountain blue,

swirling water into new
wine-coloured shades.
canoe,

stretch the light you
saw had stayed
in a mountain blue.

what is this body you drew
like a bolt from the clay?
canoe
in a mountain blue.