Untitled ("boat me around gently")

boat me around gently.

whoever i'm with

i'm seeing only you.

diplomacy has wounded us.

pierced us. smashed us.

is there something

in the turning

of this river's head

that will mend our dislocations?

your eagle drives my ego.

there is ice in your thighs.

take the buoys of light

for your thighpaths whose

eyes

night has darkened.

Copyright Credit: Uche Nduka, "Untitled (”boat me around gently”)" from eel of reef. Copyright © 2007 by Uche Nduka. Reprinted by permission of Akashic Books..

Source: eel on reef (Akashic Books, 2007)