There is <br />poésie <br />on the side <br />of any road <br /> <br />Some <br />trucking along <br />Others <br />abandoned <br /> <br />Most <br />buried with <br />not even <br />a roadside wreath <br /> <br />Mine <br />exhaled by lungs <br />hum between her breasts <br />and cleft <br /> <br />Her <br />seafaring stanzas <br />I swallow <br />Tail and scales <br /> <br />~~~ <br />Apr©2006<br /><br />Alex Nodopaka<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mermaid-stanzas/