DOLPHIN

DOLPHIN

ah! the ease, the effortlessness,
this dream is what you get
with being streamlined,
by
  thinking
free and deep

final shape emerging
through that brutal process
of secret, significant,
implicit choices

taking the evolutionary path
of torpedo, missile,
submarine

and here
       we have it
the latest model, built
for speed bursts, leaps zig-zagging
     at will across
the prow

pretty breathtaking for
us as we
     negotiate those swells
make our little journey

and you
    sewing it together, stitching
every seam

sea, beach,
cloud, mountain suddenly
fused, welded
together

glimpse for a moment
into a
       close but distinct
different Universe where
gravity seems
not
    to apply

and of friction
there be no need