even
as the aircraft carriers
stir
towards confrontation
and
think
who
might be out there
who'll
stand with their bodies
in
the machinery if necessary
to
stop the madness
i
think of senator wayne morse
from
oregon who confronted
the
war makers during vietnam
who
is the next wayne morse
where's
the next teach-in
we
camped a good number of times
in
the oregon woods
taking
in what's left
of
an ancient rain forest
cold
rocky coast
a
beached dead seal
in
cruel sacrifice
too
late for godly intervention
the
roar of the nascar channel
rips
through the barroom clientele
just
past noon
high
noon like a gary cooper movie
in
real life the good guy seldom wins
there's
no wayne morse in the house
the
mosquitoes are tasting blood
blood
from oil
blood
from silence
---
e b bortz
2 comments:
This reminds me of that poet who wrote and had an appearance in "Barfly"starring Mickey Rourke and that handsome woman who was in "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson (the blonde). except your elegy is so much more apropos as to times and places, taking in a lot of related.
many thanks for your note Frank...
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