Monday, May 21, 2012

Huge Dead Beasts (Image Poem)




Driftwood like bones on the beach
Sand like the ashes of large creatures
In mounds underneath

Eerie light sifts in
Through the treetops
The lake a thin film of glass
Over the valley’s fishbowl

A cool breeze
Feels sleek on my skin
The smells of algae and mold
Waft up the rise from the shoreline

I try to skip a rock
But I am surprised to see it sinks,
Narrowly missing a slender, flashing gold body
Beneath the surface

Ancient beings are too far gone,
Washed up on shore,
They have missed out
On this bright and scaly meal

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