The plumose anemone is a sensual
invertebrate, lovely and pink.
It can reproduce on its own
but seems to most enjoy releasing eggs
or sperm from its mouth.
With my new sweety and her sailing friends,
we come across a bordello
of Metridium cached under a rock
during minus tide. Trumpet flares
retracted, shafts detumescent, they hang
like bull balls. In the presence
of such raw sexuality, the four of us
grow closer, more honest.
We stroke the sacs gently,
and the world sways.
Sucia, San Juan Islands, Washington