Corner View

Ebb tide. A moored boat rides a tree of light.
The right-angled pane shows that blaze reversed,
rippling back towards the bridge — the boat
a window filled with leaf- and sky-shards, seabound.
Veiling the coast's hook, this riverbank,
magnified: pines and cypress grove hover
above Rip and lighthouse; a spectral forest
dwarfs sun-inflected cliffs beyond the ocean.
Blink again and see the pier below
float mid-river, this restaurant itself
adrift in the view it has imposed on.
Through elastic air, gulls alter size, invent
shapes for the tracking eye, to which cormorants,
skimming, offer a generous, brief chance.