o murray o murray

break    (bending)

the forgiveness of things
what you    (air and water)

what you     (bread)

the place you lie down
threads of the sheet that covers

as if given     for our breath

drinking     (food in us)
here     this    night's    morning

things burn out     past giving

(too tired to forgive)
the murray the murray

heavy metal of retreat

a bellow to set the flesh on
edge     a leaching (some things

need to be held back)

the sediment lift
ash of excess

seep spoil bone and flesh

the invisible density
of dissolution     the silent lamentation

of a drowning fish

the o of loss
o murray o murray

a gull and a swan

from different vantage
one skimming squawking

one all dip and glide

and underwater webbed motor
bogged by

drinking    food in you

(given
for     our breath)

spoils bone and flesh

drowning the word in you
the murray the murray

in the beak of a gull

threads cotton and rice
too tired to forgive

and sea (does it know)

bends and breaks
ready     to admit

the heavy    (lifted) metal

o murray o murray