The Ferry Changes Tack
June 4, 2006
The ferry changes tack
to let the seaplanes land
tilts gamely from
the wake left behind
dragonflys were
the first to migrate
flying miles in just a day
discovered by someone younger
studying ambered fossil chunks
and specific DNA
cruisers berthed in harbour
barges haul the ore
trains railing sulphur,
prairie wheat and coal
ships robust laden
steaming to a horn
lonely crewman leans past jericho
leaving gastown cobbles behind
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