—YOU DON’T KNOW I’M UPSET, NEITHER DO I

bone fish

today i am

too damp

to hold

anything

of significance

even an

envelope with

your name

and address

on it

i’m too aqueous

to ask for

direction / s

or salvation

everything feels

unattainable

unsustainable

and underwater

while skeletons

of bonefish

swivel and

jewel the murk

i’d tell you

what I think /

really feel /

want and need

but there’s

a fracking

in my throat

as wave after

wave pummel

my amygdala

dislodging all

that’s left of me

but the barnacles

and brine