HYANNIS MARATHON PREPARATION

Trembling aerobics fill the air
on white flaked fields
among sunless villages
near the Cape's shore shouts
along wavering exasperated waves
hearing small birds on dockside
their sea voices bury us in memory
of our once compact foreign bodies
making us feel attached
with no slips over the starting line
needing bottles for our thirst
as staggering shadows will pass us by
with cameras checking the lists
of ruddy excitable runners.