General Poetry posted March 2, 2018 Chapters:  ...194 195 -196- 197... 


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A chapter in the book Worlds

Whale World 8

by Bill Schott

We climb upon the rusty whale's back

not the tremendous beast I knew in youth

the chilly pools once fed by crispy pipes

now worn and pitted holes reflecting heat


Once a dime would buy our whale ride

a romp about this monster metal slide

in summer heat we'd frolic hour by hour

imagining behemoth's peerless power


Today, however, beached here in the desert

faded blue and primer gray I've found

what swelled our nautic minds and filled our days

splashes only echoes of that splendid time

 

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