Woke up with fever
in Wilmington by the bay

and watched as you
pressed nearer

Night before was a
gleaming on the shore

when the tide kicked up
all that we had made

Warm weather holding--this
home twitches with want

Hotel room dreaming
as you, as you pressed

I swore last winter when
snow on your scarf melted--

a snowflake made what followed:

i like it right there
good, it's you

And maybe this is it--
as the tide kicked up

as the tide kicked up what
is was were am are being been