Camera strap cuts collarbone
Bus ticket folded in boot heel
Tugboat horn shakes windowpanes
Porch swing groans on rusted chain
Salt rope binds the pier to home
Thunder cracks the harbor bone
Two lenses catch one lightning vein
Tugboat porch won't break again
Film canister rattles pocket
Wet wool smells of diesel smoke
Violin cries through floorboard gaps
Cello hums where paint has flaked
Salt rope binds the pier to home
Thunder cracks the harbor bone
Two lenses catch one lightning vein
Tugboat porch won't break again
Shutter clicks at whitecap surge
Apprentice hands coil heavy line
Master's voice rides wind shear
Porch light swings on copper wire
Salt rope binds the pier to home
Thunder cracks the harbor bone
Two lenses catch one lightning vein
Tugboat porch won't break again
Negative strips dry on rail
Chemical steam meets rain mist
First print shows the tug's red hull
Second catches porch steps worn
Harpsichord arpeggios climb
Cello drops to lowest string
Violin holds high harmonic
Flute dissolves in thunder roll
Envelope addressed to no one
Stamped with salt and silver grain
Mailed from porch where tugboat waits
Storm breaks clean at dawn's first gray
Salt rope binds the pier to home
Thunder cracks the harbor bone
Two lenses catch one lightning vein
Tugboat porch won't break again
Tugboat porch won't break again
Camera rests on splintered rail
Tugboat sighs in morning calm