Because of the pull I ended up swimming in the grasses

a hundred yards from nowhere my beloveds

ready to jump in after me a black willow

rushing in to save me—my kind of dolphin—you

think I struggled a yard at a time but I was

nudged a little that’s why my lips were red

instead of blue that’s why I had the words

to the Disney Doodle still on my tongue and I was

waltzing under your huge white towel your bathrobe

over my head hot tea already burning

my throat that’s why I loved the two labradors

so much that’s why I kissed you so desperately.