{"id":1686,"date":"2013-06-04T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T23:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2017-07-11T04:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:05:44","slug":"at-plata-del-mar-by-r-joseph-capet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/at-plata-del-mar-by-r-joseph-capet\/","title":{"rendered":"At Plata del Mar by R. Joseph Capet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ocean\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At Plata del Mar<\/h1>\n

by R. Joseph Capet<\/p>\n

If whales could drop acid
\nbefore singing,
\nthey would sing you?
\nthe serenity of sea glass
\nbleeding black lace
\nat the laserdome.<\/p>\n

If the sea were sugar
\nand not sand,
\nyour toes would trace
\nmandalas every time
\nthey touched the bottom,
\nand the monks would drown.<\/p>\n

If seagulls could see Paul
\nAnka in concert,
\nthey’d sit at your feet
\non a cushion of crustaceans
\nlike a lion laying down
\natop the lamb.<\/p>\n

But if angler fish could strobe
\nupon you snorkeling,
\nthe currents would shift
\nlike short cut straws
\non the mirrored main
\nand stars would shatter.<\/p>\n

And if this beach were a nude beach,
\nmy heart would burst,
\nrunning sweet
\nand sticky to the ocean
\nlike a black-lit
\nlava lamp.<\/p>\n

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\nR. Joseph Capet is apoet and theologian whose work in multiple languages has appeared in magazines and journals as diverse as decomP, The Montreal Review, the American Journal of Biblical Theology, and Sennaciulo. He currently lays up treasures on earth teaching English to students across Latin America and treasures in heaven teaching Esperanto to anyone willing to learn, as well as serving as poetry editor for P.Q. Leer. More of his work can be found at www.rjosephcapet.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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