by Marc Swan
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| Cartoon by Clay Jones |
a wise philosopher said
to the man in the white coat
who nodded his head
as the wind began to howl
and small creatures skittered
into their holes
thunder roared
rain fell
The river current
shifted its flow
from coursing into a chasm
of uncertainty and dread
as all of us
who care about this world
laid smooth hands
on a thoughtless bickering
destructive old man
Marc Swan lives in coastal Maine. Poems recently published in Ropes, Chiron Review, Sandy River Review, Crannóg, among others. His fifth collection all it would take was published in 2020 by tall-lighthouse (UK).
