P i e c i n g   i t   a l l   T o g e t h e r

b y    P a d r a i g   M c C o r m a c k

piecing it all together
from second-hand accounts
the great idea became
the architecture of the present
informing

distant lights on the
fog-nestled landscape
gave us the legend
of the sea
being
ranging

large enough to contain
and embody all of our myths
and skepticisms, ocean
pitched in the air

(March 22, 2000)