[the Martin guitar is considered by <br />aficionados to be the best in the world] <br /> <br /> <br />Whatever it is <br />the Martin reshapes <br />itself as do waves <br />upon which we once <br />sailed the ark the <br />boat we once steered <br />you awkward with <br />ropes/sails no <br />tongue for 'lanyard' <br />or 'bow' though <br />clumsy same fingers <br />fumble jib then <br />chord strum without <br />stumble pluck strings <br />breeze confess what <br />then is obvious <br />sunlight burned into <br />each body (whose) <br />your legs easily <br />bend forming each <br />yielding bow upon <br />themselves <br /> <br />I am the twine <br />the Martin knot <br />forgetting you/ <br />me tying patiently <br />holding form <br />whatever it is <br />that allows each <br />countless wave <br />to shape break <br />as did we also <br />break wherever <br />legs insist as <br />they do(and lips) <br />(tongues) betide <br />we lash(the <br />eyes) tied flood <br />ebb breathe all <br />sleep beyond <br />coral carefully <br />traced around <br />(all those countless <br />mouths beneath) <br />strange or familiar <br />sound as is the <br />Martin formed <br />whatever it is <br />womb once found <br /> <br />or/and tomb found/ <br />lost again foregoing <br />guiding star exchanged <br />for adamant dark <br />whatever is apparent <br />in all storms heart <br />eye and after <br /> <br />Each chord questions <br />Each wave beseeches <br />yearns as does tide <br />yearn for moon/I/we <br />can be, or try (we <br />want) such turning <br />bestowals: <br /> <br />tattered sail <br /> <br />frayed rope <br /> <br />barnacle <br /> <br />bent wood <br /> <br />arcs <br /> <br />points <br /> <br />guides only <br />a blonde <br />smile placed <br />upon knees <br />each our lips <br />pretended shores <br />whatever can be <br />more than what <br />empties and shapes <br />the sky we will <br />become flung <br />beyond breakers<br /><br />Warren Falcon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/whatever-it-is-a-mariner-s-tale/
