seafoam ode to my performed gender
seafoam ode to my performed gender
at once you foam, then
break open. you are
the sea, the sea air open-
-ing, white froth glint,
the light resting inside.
the light bursting inside.
you are when
*
the ocean breathes,
oh briny more than skin,
than lungs, than heart.
at once you are all
and none.
the crest of my tongue laps
with you. enter trough and burst
*
inside. become my blood.
your power lies in shift-
-ing states, your form
at once crystal, once sky,
once water, once body.
no words can hold you off.
you are dimly colorless, yet
*
infinitely golden. become my blood.
oh form as foam as body
filled with air, enter.
bubble saltwise
and burst
into
*
my power, the white froth
glint, the resting light
inside my shifting
shapes.