The night is me
the moon is me
her light her crests her spoons are me
The bog is me
the marsh is me
their rot and smell and salt is me
The storm is me
its calm is me
the lightning out at sea is me
The beach is me
her slope is me
the tide her foam her rip is me
The sand is me
her grains are me
her wet her grit her fine is me
The waves are me
their curls are me
their ire their crests their depths are me
The fish is me
her gills are me
her eggs her school her scales are me
The seal is me
her hide is me
her cry her flip her glide is me
The whale is me
her spout is me
her tail and tongue and eyes are me
her hump is me
her swim is me
her blow her lungs her scars are me
Alice Fisk MacKenzie is an Ada Comstock Scholar and graduate of Smith College.