A National Geographic Song

A National Geographic Song

A Poem by T. R. Phillips

     oceans
surround the island
     a comet, tail dangle
orbits a receding body of remembering
     so leaving

the native
     his deep darker imperceptibly
listens - dart curare to find
     a monkey's heart - tail dangle
slow dying

     dyspeptic crater
white on top
     cranes preening
oceans vast 
     surround the tiny island

neutron
     left home prematurely
family destroyed
     thus precipitating a crisis in the neighborhood
mass hot brief tears

     oceans vast implacable
surround the tiny island of Hate.
     Tradewinds blowing
ballast lolling
     hands laughing

© 2012 T. R. Phillips


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T. R. Phillips
Copyright 2001, rev. 2012

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T. R. Phillips
T. R. Phillips

Shreveport, LA



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Amateur and occasional writer and professional musician. Clarinetist for the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra since 1990. Part-time adjunct instructor of clarinet at Centenary College, and I live in Sh.. more..