An Ocean In My Belly: Matsya
1.
a fish
slithers
on blazing sand
showered in sun
it waits
for the drop
it swallowed in the ocean
the drop
in its belly
a sperm
to the ova of the sand
when the wait ends
and the fish dies
someone
someone will come
and slit the fish
an ocean will be born
an ocean
in my belly.
2.
in my intestine
there is a stone
three millimeters
three millimeters broad
oval
green
i ate it
3000 years ago
one evening
my body around it
rots
and the stone
laughs
3.
in conversation with
the crooked nail
of my left forefinger
my nosepin said last night-
and why my friend
does the earth spin?
the nail replied
i dreamt last night
of Tutenkhamoun
the nosepin irked, repeated
why my friend
does the earth spin?
the nail replied
i drew last night
a compression boiler
the nosepin said
i read last night
Tolstoy
the nail replied
because of gravity.