Each evening she watched the sun
Set on the lake
She was drawn by the endlessness of the view
Fascinated that such infinite space
Could be crystallized
On some unknown pinpoint in her head.
Horizon in her eyes in her eyes in her eyes
Horizon crystallizing on a pinpoint in her head
Infinity on a pinpoint, on an unknown pinpoint
On an unknown pinpoint
In her head.
And she was drawn by the dreamlike light
Reflected on the lake
Men fishing from the dreamlike shore
Men fishing for salmon in salmon in salmon in
Men finshing for salmon in Michigan
Can't eat can't eat can't eat their catch
Shouldn't eat the P.C.B.'s in the fishes' fat
Can't eat can't eat eat it canned eat it canned
Can't eat can't eat eat it canned eat it canned
Can't eat toxic salmon from the
Changing lake.
She was drawn by the dreamlike light
Men fishing in, children swimming in
Eerie Lake Michigan.
Children swimming in swimming in swimming in
Children swimming in swimming in Michigan
Swimming not swallowing not swallowing Michigan
They're wallowing wallowinng wallowing in Michigan
Wading in swimming in not swallowing Michigan
Not swallowing the water
In the changing lake.
She was drawn by the dreamlike light
Men fishing, children swimming
Couples strolling on
Unreal sand
On chewing gum, sewage scum
Rat turds, dead birds
Candy wrappers, bits of crackers
Butts, bottles, broken pails
Soggy tissues, rusty nails
Apple cores, orange peels
Stray zorries, rods and reels
Toxic fishes, plastic dishes
Chewing gum, sewage scum
Chewing gum, sewage scum
Unreal sand.
No matter what the weather or the light
She could rarely predict how the lake would look
On any given day
The temperature sun clouds winds humidity
Mists pollution currents
Every conceivable factor
Affected its appearance.
She was intrigued by the idea
that the lake has as many faces
As it has moments of existence
As many faces as moments
As many faces as moments
As many faces as moments
And so perhaps did her life
Have as many faces as moments
And so perhaps WAS her life
As infinite as
The changes in the lake.
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