Ninety-Six

Eagle, small city

landmark in a side-street park,

instilling some kind

of pride in the few who walk

by, is largely dismissed

 

Forgotten like a

veteran of Korea,

just fading away

 

Lost, standing alone,

flying some trajectory

unforgiving, like

our national destiny,

one with the blackness

 

Oxidizing in

the elements, meaning lost

as beings expire.

Reviews

[Teri B]

A painful, poignant metaphor...