Sand And Foam

Donovan Leitch
Sand and Foam
Birmingham, England
2010



the sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
and the simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
and all because of the phosphorus there in quantity
as i dug you digging me in Mexico
there in the valley of Scorpio, beneath the cross of jade
smoking on the seashell pipe the gypsies had made
we sat and we dreamed a while of smugglers bringing wine
in that crystal thought time in Mexico
sitting in a chair of bamboo, sipping grenadine
straining my eyes for a surfacing submarine
kingdoms of ants walk across my feet
i'm a-shaking in my seat in Mexico
grasshoppers creaking in the velvet jungle night,
microscopic circles in the fluid of my sight
watching a black-eyed native girl cut and trim the lamp
Valentino vamp in Mexico
the sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
and the simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
and all because of the phosphorus there in quantity
i dug you digging me in Mexico