Performance of the Seas

remember the coating of brutish brandy you slugged back without a whisper the whites of your eyes like glaciers and i smiled and let the warmness sit on my tongue then slowly roll down my beating throat, with a rush of laughter and you so red remember how she belted out her performance, joining hands with the dessert of joyful voices the ship became her opera house she presented her gift to us as her husband horrified by lack of payment to his pocket remember, dear, the rocking as we’re swept by the dashing cold topside, my swimwear wrap whipping barely kept by my grip. my hands busy but my insides joyous as we capture every morsel bit on high seas adventure later your lips, heartily pressed in my memory book, freely sliding over mine as if you’ve never worked a day in your life 9/4/2018