Dolphin poem 10

“Reasons to Dive”

the Jew is the chi underneath this rho
the x-marking spot behind the P
the target of your assassination attempts.
somewhere on a boat
way out at sea,
a lover’s helping me to come to grips
with the deaths and the lives and confederates
of amateurs that rank inside of me
as important to my hope.
the professional lifts
high into the night and we
are still in love in Key Largo.
And underneath this craft are singing in the waves
The laughing moon-anointings of the brother-eyes.

The Jew is the chi underneath the rho!
The SEAL is the poet’s alter-ego.
The twin is the fallen from among the stars
Carrying crosses till forever
Gives way to Buddha-bars Buddha-bars Buddha-bars,
Labar-ors of the inside and out,
While underneath the craft are the singing in the waves
Laughing moon-anointed brother-eyes.
Stars and bars!
How they fly proudly in the Low Countries,
All denied and unwilling but by desire,
Shaken loose by the whore of my soul.
But in the pool underneath this chool
Is the shine of the smile of the brother-eyes.