II: Rondeau for the River Rats#
On river shore the poor in tents are stored
To keep from sight their score.
Above and north, the city steeples meet
To speak in sermons ever indiscrete
for sheep they so ignore.
They fight with roar, yet beaten, kiss through gore;
From barrel fired dream, north they look for more,
The city lights too far a source of heat
For life on river shore.
In winter months they paint on skin a whore,
And every one despite what silence swore.
In life they all must cheat,
Become their own conceit,
To win a war for land they all abhor:
Their home on river shore.
March 2025
Date |
Publication |
Status |
|---|---|---|
March 27, 2025 |
Think Journal |
Rejected |