S.O.S. Titanic (II)

the coquette with needlework eyes
and the big glasses swimming
is beautiful in a beastly way.
women were first to emit from titanic,
skirts bleeding with nervous miscarriages
where in the icy waters
of the border water (gays have lately surfaced)
was the thermometer steadying
the water's readiness for new venturers.
For dolls and doctors, how come it was 1/2?
I'm deep water also,
treading with pace: wet and catastrophic,
that flirtatious, wet ace.