Thursday, October 8, 2009

Long Beach

Long Beach
By Danny Vellekoop

A mile-long, spray-painted millipede
Strains to pull its segments
Weaves along the urban floor
Midst decomposed debris

One hundred thousand metric tons
Drifts leaf-like on the water
Toward tangled shore of I-beam roots
Holds forty-eight-foot stacked cocoons

Half-million barrels of crude black
Pump through sooty vines
Stacks and pumpjacks’ heavy growth
Thick foliage of industrial smoke

Tiny termite with a hard hat
Stands upon his girder
Surveys the forest construct
And revels in his pride

1 comment:

  1. I THINK I get it! Good poetry, son! Good word imagery -- I like the "spray-painted millipede"!

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