semen of seamen's sons in this sea son

steve sits down

saint eve/
              /ning
bridge bell rings
changing the seasons

in the wake the waves break over the wood
going down in the tide's rising

ground swell

.

a boat

a bot thing

a singing
like a whale

a wind &
a windlass
winding

.

the cut off the stern
the slash

lashed by the s
break & curve

swerving

as the waves were

.

nova to new

the translation

'carried into heaven without death'

trans-atlantic trance state

e/lation

.

sun's moon
earth's son

eclipse

'i am in my grandmother's shadow'

if the E clips the E

.

p or t

q r s

wave q are
                  (blessed)

crossing ended
N dead

my last name

no family ties to cling to

only these roads across such bodies as exist

wakes left

                  write

ing

digby to saint john march 14/73