Erik Spector Poet Free verse

All For One and All

It's all there remains
     of their faces and names
     in the sanguinous pull of the Ocean.
     And ever abides the slow, ugly tides
     to the ruin of the ordinary people.
     But do they next notice
     the burns of their focus
     as the days stretch back over
     those toxic, dirt fumes they accepted?

     And never mind life as it skims like a kite
     in the form of a deep Ocean tuna.
     Laugh all you want, but still time has past.
     And who then is worthy of notice?
     A pest and a critic
     or serene ancient Fish who awaits next
     its ultimate destruction.
     Nor acting 'til then, but happier still,
     than the fools who know not why they're laughing.

     No pity, no time for a two legged beast
     rising less than the Ocean turtle.
     The swells and the ebbs answered less every day
     by Great Dinosaur's failed escapee.
     And the waters stretch on,
     as long as there's time
     with the deep Ocean having its answer.
     But these monkeys don't question.  Nor make any
     difference.  And can subside
     with the tides pulling out.


          (Title ends in an exclamation point.)

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