Tuesday, May 03, 2005

earth note 39

virginia beach 

fire on the beach 
salt spray spattering 
the tips of razor yellow flame 
a crab burrows down deep 
tasting the cold wet asylum 
a lone driftwood lost forest 
is dragged to the crematoria 

--- e b bortz 

(published in ordinary shoes, #2, 1997)

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