She consents

Vigil for a Port once a baby—run into toddlerhood

middle childhood came and went

she traded goods

faster and faster

At this late date she well experienced

an entire world at her doorstep

government, councillors, labourers, 

serve her day and night

In her season of prime beauty

everyone wants something of her 

owned, operated and overrun

like a carousel of overloaded cargo

Worn yet newly and preciously

deserved of our attention

her scent entices men on earth

they line up happy to sell their souls

Vigil for a Port once a baby—child into adolescence

herself open like a lily loaded in full bloom

It is her unbolted season

She consents adult to adult

Vigil at PMV,

Vancouver, BC

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