swamp fox daydream

giving up the woodlands
taking in the marshy coast

bringing the kayaks, pottery wheel, 
and man I love the most

breathing in salty air
moisture on my skin

trading in sweet rainbow trout
for fish with harder fins

twisted oaks, locks of spanish moss
fiddler crabs and palmetto bugs

screened porches and sandy ground

a wetlandish film
covering the people and town

I’m giving up the woodlands
taking in the marshy coast

see you when you get here
I’ll cook up some plantains and indigo toast