Moon Glow Ride On Torch Lake
Steering our boat across the moon glow
Like a fork stabbed through cream
We careen in the sheen of upside down light at 3:30 A.M.
The July night tries to close on us like a lid
The result of one too many martinis
By dad at Dockside Shhhhhhh
Let it go
The bow parting the Milky Way Shhhhhhh
Startling the Whitefish Weightless
Them and us
Life vests free of bodies
The kids in their early 20s Passengers wondering
How they had gone through life
Never feeling the sweat of the moon
On their skin like this
Until now, their dad their uncle her husband
He has something left to offer them all
Grinning
Like any secret boat owner still alive on a big lake.
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