Sunday, February 24, 2013

Coney's Centaur


The waves
jump up to hug us
like hundreds of immigrants
approaching the fairgrounds of
Coney Island.

Underwater Centaur
splashes traces,
delivered embraces.


Distant stars shoot
off above an unresponsive
city.

The big illusion clouds us.

Every day, the ocean washing to shore.

© -Sonja J. Johnston 24-Feb-2013

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