Matt Pond PA

The lettuce

Matt Pond PA


the course of the hand-plow, the magnet, the anchor, the shovel - disheveled 
so you wonder how 
about the getting down 

*how long will it take to be 
you won't recognize for me 
the skilled confuser 

bored you'll breathe 
you might not see the hole between the wake and wonder 
the length you've gone to turn it over 

still you wonder how about the getting down 

* 

the pool reopened just in time for a swim 
cannonballs exploding if it's making waves i'm in 
then the blue of your chlorine-stained eyes 
as you rise from the water your bathing suit snaps for surprise 
and i'll dive in the deep end 
and i'll dive to impress you 
and when i dive you won't hear anyone at all 
just in time the phone rings in 
not alarmed 
don't come in to get me, don't come in to get me 
i'm all right, i'm all right 
just in time the phone rings in not alarmed 
don't come in to get me, don't come in to get me 
i'm all right, i'm all right