Not for Sale
No-one can buy me. I’m mercury and if you try to grab me
I’ll dribble from your clutch. My song is like the humming
of the stars, or the hush in seashells. I can melt your brain into
hallucination, or tease you like a name you can’t recall.
There’s no bargaining: I dole out favours on a whim. In dim-
lit theatres I may hold you for a while then let you drop so that
you jump. I can touch your mouth with honey but usually
I coat your tongue with dust of ancient libraries.
I don’t have a price. If you think you can seduce me
with excessive wine, I’ll humour you then
leave abruptly only to return just prior to the jeers
of the alarm. And my grit will fill your eyes for hours.
If I wish to I may drown you in my dolphin deep,
keep you there or swoop you to the surface, immerse
and wash you up repeatedly until you weep for peace.
No-one can buy me. I’m remedy, renewal; I am …
shhh.
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