Say it in a whisper,
whisper it, say,
you will be heard above the words,
you will be whispered,
created in breath,
a little sigh, a little death of sigh,
a heartbeat,
stronger
Does the heart whisper?
No, it beats—the big lub dub,
kettledrum not timpani,
at the core the beat is tectonic
at the beat the core is canonic
You want a chest like that,
a boom box not a whisper chest,
little secret hushes, no
Bang on the lid,
throw it overboard,
it beats strong,
the sea whispers
This article appears in May 2012.
