I sailed the seas in the boat of you
Got tired of bailing, had to swim for it
Still recall the sail days
Proud in the water, we looted the merchantmen
Brought home rich booty to little white islands
Drank and gamboled under the stars
Fucked like gods under the nets

Endless the surf thundered on the strand
The skyguns shot stars in the sea
Nightsheep thronged the shepherd moon
The salty night wind crackled like a record
Ancient ultramarine of youth
The 4 a.m. powerlines, kisses in the passenger seat,
your breast in my fist.

In open alleys I entered your ass
Though the lights closed in, I held you down
We shuddered together, the black windows,
In exhibitionistic ecstasy,
wishing the world could watch us fuck.

Spirits quailed at our summons
Why, heaven and earth, and the ten thousand things
Were ours to command.