Tidal Currency
By Candy Royalle
Published 1 January 2021
breakneck blue / bleached spray surging / crashing / shore is a landing place
/ for souls / stripped of their / … / everything / girt by sea / shapes on
the horizon / sometimes / a thin straight line / sometimes /
blurred by brine / in the eyes / of those searching for / … / everything
/ a surf board / thrust into the same waters / gulls in the light / bright
orange / feet fleeting / wings / disappearing / into a blaze / thrumming
a rhythm / not dissimilar to / hearts searching for a / … / sure thing /
we’re spent on sand / they’re coughing up / we’re licking ice-cream /
sticky / fingers / they’re prisoners / see this / ? / sometimes / everything
/ is / swell / … /