Stole a starfish <br />from an ocean <br /> <br />snatched from the bottom <br />of the sea <br /> <br />making it <br />into a paperweight <br /> <br />holding down <br />unruly poems <br /> <br />trying to escape <br />on a passing breeze. <br /> <br />The ghost of <br />an ocean <br /> <br />hiding in a shell <br /> <br />so female <br />Mother of Pearl <br /> <br />whispering <br />in my ear <br /> <br />the sound <br />of my own <br /> <br />blood.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stealing-an-ocean/
