Poems by Alex Shapiro
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Disintegration
For Andy Goldsworthy
by Alex Shapiro
From Canary Spring 2021
Alex grew up in the Hudson/Wappinger watershed, moved to the Charles River watershed, and currently resides in the Lake Michigan watershed, continually confounded at the sight of such a large body of water with no salt in the air.
When time instructs the tide
to swell, and foam blurs
the border between earth
and ocean, the stones are gifted
agency: either bond to the land
tighten and endure, or they let go
of all they have known and search
for a place to embrace
their imperfections.
© Alex Shapiro