heat returns from the mangrove
in the form of a tortoise
every deliberate step
a body of work
pavement starts suddenly
like the crazy ingrate
revving his engine
in the afternoon
bicycles pass
from a cluster of coconuts
silent water
waves
--- e b bortz
(published in earth notes and other poems, Least Bittern Books, 2015)
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