From Beautiful Locks

For seven miles we hoofed it

Chasing after a good idea
The waters stopped searching
For the ocean and puddled
I poured myself a mule
A wounded mule wiped
From beautiful locks.

What I poured myself
For seven miles 
Charm on a dog

Sugar-lined streets 

And a good idea
Were eyes prettier
Then the look
Of a sandwich
Grabbed at the hardware 

And then home to the snake-bite

Or a quatrain on love
Amber waves a mantra

Clear as the bottom of a lake
Where you and I were 

Charged with swimming.