degrees marjie was put in a house down the road her feet had been burned she was a ward of the court her foster- father was called big hands marjie of the lost ocean washes her hair she's weeding the garden in her underwear big hands brings her a lemon he cries in the dark his eyes glued on ocosta washington ferry willy the half-track passes twelve marjie is inside her foster-mother making bread they talk about sex how oyster shells have babies marjie thinks of big hands the aftershave the nausea hustle the japanese glass balls of fire blowing lynn point beach to pieces of sea she dries his eyes all night queen of dreams king of hearts she is the scorpion in the camper child he is the single man she calls daddy