love song for lindsay

where are you now, lindsay lohan, when we
need you most? in a jail cell making constellations
of your freckles? today i swam the concrete
river with fifteen dolphins at my heels, their noses
empty coke bottles, their fins the soles
of long-dead shoes, the water itself
a trickle of drano, aftershave, souvenirs.
.
go under, lindsay lohan, where we
need you most. swim in our bathwater.
wash your long unfettered hair. let yourself be pure
as you were in ninety-seven, when all the world
was lovelorn and wading
in your open hand. let me see you now.
are those wrinkles? age spots? varicose veins?
.
oh lindsay, though you are beautiful
and i am small, we come from the same river valley
and this thing in our hearts
is just a starfish
.
waiting to regenerate.