Mermaid
tempest-combed tresses
of lush, trickled emerald.
barnacles nipples soft
on spell-of-pearl breasts.
starlit ripples swish
to halo her hips, her thighs;
watered sun sequins
her swim wreathed by swirls.
immortal as Venus, some suggest,
tidal of song to seduce.
only fools and philosophers say
she doesn't kiss.
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7/2/24
July 30, more word changes, in ongoing attempt to create flow and resonance
April 22, 2022 [Since posting this poem today, I have changed it radically at least six times. This is a really powerful energy and my channeling struggles with it.]
April 23 ["insubstantial" replaces "deliquescent"]
April 26 ["spell-of-pearl" replaces "pearlescent"]
April 26 [major restructuring/reordering of stanzas]
May 2 ["flitter her toes" replaces "flitter at her toes" ... the idea being the motion of a fish tail]
May 6 "flitter at her toes" restored
May 15 "song" replaces "music"
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