At the receiving station..

image: hejduk's berlin night

He believes her body to be like the rocks at Cape Anne. Polished to a smoothness - yet hard. He searches its surface and crevices for new discoveries. It is like putting his hand into the shallow tidal pools along the New England coast.

The sun warms him as the sea recedes. He imagines her in the water and is jealous of the ocean's fluidity and its ability to cover all - at once.

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image: wikipedia, halibut point state park