Loading up on virtue, poetry or
a 12-pack of silence
while a herd of gulls
flap scatter into empty air
The Beachbreak Sutra says
“Fold up the cloud cover
& carry it away”
So gently step the other side of the spoon
a slow dance a distant memory a diversion
all the clutter in shapes of dreams like
aerodynamic submarines
drifting upsidedown
inside the sound
your heart makes