I am a lost and not found item
when she leaves
I am a scratchy polyester
elbow patchwork sweater
picked up from mustard sidelines
forgotten when bell rings
I wrinkle away in cardboard box,
Puppy eyeing
Any stingy non owner
Is there any thief to claim me?
My stretched gap knit
is your shallow water made of holes
At six foot six
You brag that your toes brush the bottom of the same dune
That our toddler's tootsie touches too
She is taller than you
All the while the everything of me is
in the deep end,
treading ferociosly.
I dog paddle to
dolphin attorneys
and counselor coy fish
"Can you help me not drowned?"
I sink and
swallow
Algicide anger
dip crunch my lungs on shark teeth
Try to become sacred coral reef
Just for my daughter to find me