Love Finds Little Latitude

Music: Fugue in B Minor for Organ. By J. S. Bach. Sequenced by Jim Michmerhuizen.

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Love finds little latitude Once it leaves the sea And sails between the rocky heads That guard its proper berth. Precise in pitch and attitude, It must turn perfectly To miss the sharp-edged coral beds Garlanding its girth. The wind still blows, the waves still roll Out where the water's deep, But here within, a tidal peace Reverses with the moon. Here is the elusive goal, Too permanent to keep, That sits in small print on the lease Of those who dock at noon.