Guadalcanal 2019

Guadalcanal 2019

Tour boat, ice-blue water.
Five rubber rafts,
12 heroes each, approach
Antarctic 'beach'.

‘Explorer’: 'Look! Penguins!'
Rest chirp approval, focus Canons,
shoot the penguins left and right.
'Great' 'Wonderful'.  

Two hours later, 3-star restaurant,
Tierra del Fuego.
'Global warming...' 
from the end of the table. 

Heads nod assent. Crab dinner,  
good Sauvignon Blanc. 'This is great!' 'Wonderful!' 
Are they talking about the crab? Or the penguins?  
Does it matter?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Radice Avatar
August 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Notes from a seasoned traveller and observer of true, banal human behaviour beautifully captured with such humour in the brevity of your free verse. More please! Cheers - Gary
Greenhough Avatar
October 11, 2023 at 3:39 PM
This wss a fine poem from an obvious traveler. Now I want to take this trip.
Brown Avatar
December 13, 2022 at 1:39 PM
Great! Tersely fantastic.
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