The Reef
by Marc Mangel
A haven for them and a heaven for us.
to them of purple and yellow and black or
stripes or ripples of blue
its just another working day (“Up from the nest,
to the reef, scavenge some food and blah, blah”)
for us of flesh or darker of lighter or darker still
its a high
a kaleidoscope of life
ballooning and swooning
or swaying and playing
in a million to the tenth of
colour
a high is hard to get anymore
a good high is nigh impossible and
the reef has got that high
October 1972