Build a bridge under
water
the beauty of its
structure
— stone, wood, I. K.
Brunel’s red iron —
improves the sea.
2.
For we were brought
here to define
give name and shapes
to natural things
and teach them
manners.
3.
Or we were born for
this
from seafoam and
crucifixion
to work out of pain
a frail beauty
that teaches
somewhere else
a beauty lasts.
