wet with secrets
large, Olympic size moments
his father's death in a freak boating accident,
his own early onset of Alzheimer's
a beautiful woman
whom he had loved like no other
who spent most of his fortune
om a younger, more attractive man
and lived happily in a nearby split level
and raised a daughter whose
prowess at physics exceeded
her mother's
or, just as plausibly
micro moments with porous foundations
that stalked him
relentless slights, snarls
& circumventions,
wading !pools with cracked gunnite
thimbles of woe parked on forgotten window sills
had been passed over for a promotion
ungrateful pets,
the petty depressions fishing
vacations as a child
travel connections to San Diego
warnings ignored
Behind the sunglasses
the wet secrets ran on
not streaming
shudderless
glasses resting comfortably
resisted study