Starry Wisdom

STARRY WISDOM
(to the memory of Curtis Harrington)

Don’t you find the sea enchanting?
Dear, can’t you hear what the surf is saying?
Speaking spells of starry wisdom
Telling us tales of full-moon sailors
And full-moon white, these starry sailors
They waltz through fog down empty boardwalks
Haunt midways dark, find haunted lovers
They chase vague skirts around strange corners
Down to the waves, here comes the sea
Don’t you find the sea enchanting?
Dear, can’t you hear what the surf is singing?
Singing songs of starry wisdom
That calls vague skirts around strange corners and
Down to the waves, here comes the sea
To sing its songs to you and me
Don’t you find the sea enchanting?