In the distance
all sea,
all shades
of blue ahead.
Below, a pit
carved by the
hand of Man
and tempered
into beauty
by Nature’s
by Nature’s
indifference.
The mixture of us and the Other.
Seventy years have passed —
and the hissing steam drills
and Finnish accents
echo
in the pit of memory,
silt in,
in the pit of memory,
silt in,
turn to stone.
In the years before asphalt,
they blasted and carved granite blocks
by the schooner-full here.
Off to
New York,
Havana,
Philadelphia,
New York,
Havana,
Philadelphia,
pavers and curbstones that city folk ignore
as they rush to greet
the evening train.
The Brooklyn Bridge,
The base of the Statue of Liberty,
Monuments to dead generals ...
The Brooklyn Bridge,
The base of the Statue of Liberty,
Monuments to dead generals ...
Now, pitch pine, shadblow, sumac, and scrub oak
heal our wounds.
And the water-filled pit
— the great scar—
chisel-rimmed,
faithfully reflects
tumbling
cumulus
clouds
drifting
by
cumulus
clouds
drifting
by
*Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Massachusetts
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