Aquatic Nocturne by Sylvia Plath
deep in liquid turquoise slivers of dilute light
quiver in thin streaks of bright tinfoil on mobile jet:
pale flounder waver by tilting silver:
in the shallows agile minnows flicker gilt:
grapeblue mussels dilate lithe and pliant valves:
dull lunar globes of blubous jellyfish glow milkgreen:
eels twirl in wily spirals on elusive tails:
adroir lobsters amble darkly olive on shrewd claws:
down where sound comes blunt and wan like the bronze tone of a sunken gong.
