earth note 52

big pine key, florida

a morning winter star 6am
     running
     rising fast
red black southeast shadows
coral water lips sealed in secrecy
pelicans     gulls     turkey buzzards
     footbridge squatters
next to highway one
the traffic snarls
growls
an ocean mimics a mirror
     meets the sun

--- e b bortz

(published in leastbitternbooks, May 2015)