A Sizzle Without Complaint
Every day bloodies the banks
, washing away the good soil.
Fewer flowers and shoots of grass.
Pushing everything decades back...
Trapped on a shrinking cay
everything loved or fought for
has died or blown away,
Remember the reunions back in the day.
Plaid sleeves covering bloated arms
a blitz of children
cheap drink
burnt meat (nobody complained).
Crushing music
drunks nibbling away the night
Brawling till morning
dictating when the sun should arise
It's all gone now
except for the waves that play with the mind
across the creek there's a party
that goes on... forever.
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