high tide is a record performance
high tide is its own reward
look what the tide dragged in
and left: a high performance record

the blinking casino is a paper
record of collective distress
the faucet drips shave-and-a-haircut,
upkeep of the place is exhausting

& look what the ocean dragged in re:
things beyond the ocean:
out of the paper behind it
someone is cutting historical shapes

someone is making up history
but the continent lies that way
is how I kept thinking it of course
it depends on what continent you mean

the beaches are slimy and foamy
each one cut from the other
of course it depends on what continent you mean
it depends on what continent you’re on