The Pea Green Boat Is Leaking

[for Edward Lear]

the pea green boat is leaking
I said in my prayers
but we were sinking on peridot waters;

I did not despair.
and I had lost the astrolabe
from jeweled last year

and you had lost your wilderness
and almost all your fears.
we had one spoon

and made do
and jars full of stars.
and we stayed afloat

on musical notes

and the sea never parted.
never parted us.
when quince bright was the moon;

the slow rescue's

Tune.

mary angela douglas 12 january 2016