Waves
crash
down
onto
unyielding rock,
window
panes
in
free fall
smashing against
the cliffside
the
air is cloudy
with
invisible shards
Inhaling
deeply
through
the nose
I
breathe in the sea
pinkish lungs
fill with
slivers of glass
the
taste of pocket change
pours
into my mouth
I
belch
rust-coloured
clouds
and
bear witness
to
a cadmium rainbow
dancing
between the droplets
Vision
spotty
and
fading,
I crumple
and
fall
The
ice water hits
like
a slab of
concrete
In
the final moments
as
food for the fishes,
I
commence an investigation,
up
close
and
personal
In
these many mouths
there
is no money
to
be found
no
denarii stuck
between pointed teeth
and
in the many bellies
I
now call home
I
am alone
