The shallow-drowned

lose less than

we

People like we—                                                  

Dance the precipice at the edge of reason       

play the whirlwind, swim the tsunami!

We soar from island to island

wearing a kite of balsa

& papier-mâché

or nothing

at all—

and

di

e

.

—pulau perhentian, malaysia 

   1 september 96