TO CAST1
I.
The question is always posed at a party
If you were a cast away on a deserted island
who would you want to hold?
& the penny is hurled in the air
we are for eternity torn between a face & a tail —
& we fall into one of two categories
those who cast spells & those that cast things aside
love may not be discarded but shipwrecked yes
& so on —
II.
I’ve only been fly fishing once it is something quite stunning
the way the string dances above your head like wild imaginings
the striking of nylon against the pebbled water
the lure with its many colors dangling just above the wake
glistening like booty & the fish come if you’re silent
knee deep in Oshun’s river :: rubber against the skin :: lips slack from trying
III.
I want to hold you —
If tomorrow the lush green of an island were my only dress
It’d be you —
IV.
Every four years I cast a vote
& I might die anyway
regardless of the outcome —
1. to throw or hurl, fling :: to throw off or away :: to direct (the eye, a glance, etc), especially in cursory manner :: to cause to fall upon something or in certain directions; send forth :: to draw, as in telling fortunes :: to throw out (a fishing line, net, bait, etc.) :: to fish in (a stream, an area, etc.) :; to throw down or bring to the ground — ↩
