Crinoline

sea sponges
tight-waisted full skirts
what does it take to be
full and ballooning
does one have to know
constriction
to properly sense
the wideness in the water

spines cannot pierce
lace cannot interrupt
the sheer quantity of turquoise
flash of warning
flash of blood
these things just set it off
a complement to the sparkle
at the inevitable shore

history is blue
and does not let up