The Sea Hands Over Its Ropes
for every hour there will be ropes
for every hour there will be plastic
for every hour there will be plastic ropes
see the way the sea has
over and over
of handing our hands
back to us
for every hour there will be ropes
for every hour there will be plastic
for every hour there will be plastic ropes
see the way the sea has
over and over
of handing our hands
back to us
Lauren Mallett’s poems appear in Poetry Northwest, Puerto del Sol, The Seventh Wave, The Night Heron Barks and other journals. She lives on Clatsop land of Oregon’s north coast.