usurpation

by Vincent Hisock

usurpation
 after hd

Rite of onrush
upon the lapse of sand, moon-pull
the sun made glass, green
waver over red-brown
—a band of jasper
vapors to punctuating hush
& shine.  Thunder cracks,
rim-shot at some joke Poseidon
conjured.  The sink & rise of
horizon in s-curve
from vision’s end to run transparent-smooth
upon my feet, unending
penultimate pulled up while the
sea slips
into place.