so here I stand by the	Barents Sea
out there is the	Barents Sea
and it looks like the	Barents Sea
is always alone with the	Barents Sea
but around behind the	Barents Sea
the water stops at	Spitzbergen
and just behind	Spitzbergen
ice drifts in the	Arctic Ocean
and just behind the	Arctic Ocean
there’s solid ice at the	North Pole
and just behind the	North Pole
it looks like the	Beaufort Sea
is all alone with the	Beaufort Sea
but around in back of the	Beaufort Sea
it looks like	Alaska
has always seen only	Alaska
but behind	Alaska
at last is the	Pacific Ocean
it looks like the	Pacific Ocean
is always alone with the	Pacific Ocean
but around behind the	Pacific Ocean
ice drifts in the	Antarctic Ocean
and just behind the	Antarctic Ocean
there’s solid ice at the	South Pole
and just behind the	South Pole
there’s water again in the	South Atlantic
and just behind the	South Atlantic
the water stops at	Africa
and just behind	Africa
some water again in the	Mediterranean
and just behind the	Mediterranean
it looks like	Turkey
is all alone with	Turkey
but around in back of	Turkey
there’s water again in the	Black Sea
and just behind the	Black Sea
it looks like	Romania
is always alone with	Romania
but right behind	Romania
there’s the	Soviet Union
it looks like the	Soviet Union
is all alone with the	Soviet Union
but right behind the	Soviet Union
there’s	Finland
looking like	Finland
is all alone just	Finland
but around behind	Finland
there’s	Finnmark
and just behind	Finnmark
there’s the	Barents Sea
planed and chrome plated
beneath a dome of light
so here I stand by the	Barents Sea
all alone by the	Barents Sea
evening June 24th