Michael Burch Poet Free verse

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 December 9, 2019 at 3:44 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 December 9, 2019 at 4:59 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.