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You spun yourself<\/em>
From thick strands of salt water<\/em>
And a fever in the tropics, wove<\/em>
Your fabric coarse<\/em>
Around the edges, your eye<\/em>
Opening like a net<\/em>
Cast over Cape Lookout.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You tossed your arms<\/em>
And pulled the sound over us<\/em>
Heavy as a widow’s shawl<\/em>
And we watched the water skirt<\/em>
Up our streets, dragging boats<\/em>
From anchors, ripping live oaks<\/em>
And cedars from the seams of the earth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You left us with only the veil<\/em>
Of midnight for cover, scraps of glass<\/em>
And plywood scattered like ashes<\/em>
Over our lawns. You left us<\/em>
With morning, a day<\/em>
To set things right, the gauze of sunlight<\/em>
Settling over us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This poem was published in the Holiday 2011<\/a> issue of Coastwatch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For contact information and reprint requests, visit ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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