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Davenport Tomorrow

Davenport Tomorrow by Michael R. Burch Davenport tomorrow ... all the trees stand stark-naked in the sun. Now it is always summer and the bees buzz in cesspools, adapted to a new life. There are no flowers, but the weeds, being hardier, have survived. The small town has become a city of millions; there is no longer a sea, only a huge sewer, but the children don't mind. They still study rocks and stars, but biology is a forgotten science ... after all, what is life? Davenport tomorrow ... all the children murmur through vein-streaked gills whispered wonders of long-ago.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/9/2019 3:44:00 AM

I am wondering which Davenport you are writing of, surely not Davenport Iowa. But I feel it is a real Davenport. Sweet write, Michael.

Michael Burch
Date: 12/9/2019 4:59:00 AM

I wrote the poem as a boy. I wanted the name of a town, and Davenport just popped into my mind. I'm still not sure why.