language

let's raise our glasses,

so that we can not see.

let's toast,

with yoghurt and marmalade.

let's wave,

then straighten out.

let us love language in its inability

to agree, in its downright shakiness.

let's love the tongue that says it wrong

and all the heads that nod and hum

without getting the drift,

meaning the wood,

found oceanside,

meaning

softened, salted, sandy.