Poems about Poetry

Sea Salt: A Villanelle

by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé


The script of two brothers and a bargain

The script of turkey ham or leg of lamb

The script of Hermes and another descent

The script of fables before winnowing

The script of the old man as clairvoyant

The script of ghouls at the threshold

The script of a hand mill made of maple

The script of buckwheat and oats and rye

The script of peas and nuts and millet

The script of grinding out happiness

The script of new lights and field corn

The script of the secret on a pint of ale

The script of Cain drowned in herring

The script of Constantinople in a fresco

The script of the world’s barter of souls

The script of grief like a redder sorghum

The script of us as anonymous skippers

The script of salt and a boat sinking

The script of the sea and its taste of tears

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