earth note 621

there's a blue dipper in the clouds moving east
looks like it's filled to the brim
in cold clear seawater
'course that's all an illusion
nothing is clear anymore

the last time we sat on the beach

in daytona
there was a beach full of blankets
beach bikes filled
with daytona winter clothing

the halifax river is rushing its banks

a police car making the rounds
stops and asks the caretaker
if he has seen any bank robbers

this may seem like an odd place

to find camus
but he's there with a poem in his pocket
misread as a bank robber's note

beer cans have overthrown

the recycle bins
on their way to the speedway
frat boys scream in congress
crying in their bier
is now considered martyrdom

 

--- e b bortz