For those unlearned self-soothers not lax or slipshod, negligent by some failing of moral character – But passed over As in overlooked Otherwise obstructed from its truths Did Deor dunk his face in a vat of rainwater After the Heodenings cancelled him? Reciting our scanty mantras We like dolphins immerse our faces seer suck sooth say Water caresses skin above the cheekbones and just below the eye sockets Think of seals otters muskrats Like šir o šakar, we’re milk and sugar Nature calming what nurture neglects I should have been a pair of ragged calls The cold water calms the siren’s shrieking Of the bathroom’s mascara-flecked basin Quiet shock / spelunker diving / breath-cached Sealman signit selkie
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