Monday, May 24, 2021

Splash Zone: Poem 05/24/2021

Muggy day here in Chicago. Summer has finally found the backyard. 


Lazy River Turned Violent 

Reef between ship and shore, hours in the day
indifferent, bloated and yellow with well wishes. 

Thrash a while and the eels come, 
where once was silence only their song

cuts the waves. Still your limbs and 
listen to their feasting celebration,

free your lungs to sing poseidon's praises.  
Not every verse receives applause beneath the waves. 

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