Bayou Blues
by John Thompson, California
& Renée Owen, California
a gentle breeze
fallen blossoms skim
flooded graves
in a locked shipyard
halyards creak
the wintry wind
whistles through a knothole—
more layoffs
hurricane squatters
the sea takes back
the seawall
fine grained sand swirls
around a beached whale
gulf spill
lightning chases night
from the oily shore
