Questions Concerning History

      One has lifted the white boat
      From the yellowish sands
      To skate out over the reef,
      Azure opacities and pinched purple reefs.
5     The corridors of barracuda in the sound
      The sharp, silver rows,
      Are like elegant fish
      In an immense bowl.
      The revolutions in nature
10    Are like revolutions in history.
      How many times
      Can the same Chinese man be freed?
      The question falls heavily with each slap of the boat.
      The question lifts and penetrates the air.
15    The mild clouds
      Revolve in bright corridors of air.

 

From the collection "Contemporaries"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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