2 Minutes In The Mermaid’s Cremation

Paperclip dizzy
All the rowboats sit
Still in the water

As the kelp clenches

Thorns crash, fingernails 
Tear island scream
Fluid empty, plastic bleed

Tonic spits down sailor throats

Jolly Rogers’ bones sink
Sweat silent sayings
Rum brushed buttons

Charcoal rolls over sea-dreams