errol miller
A SAMPLE OF LOCAL COLOR
Golden coast to icy Atlantic
a nation of campers and slight conservationists
shuttling through back-country into bankruptcy
purchasing souvenirs from offshore China
golf courses and skating rinks and theaters
tickets for tomorrow's platonic domestic struggles
hemplike humanity swaying on a tattered bridge
over atomic earthquakes and population explosions
annually checking pulsating pulses for war
too many boarders from the North
taking over the Southern Hemisphere
recreational conglomerates of visitors
paying for private trails to nowhere
and still they come with Kentucky Fired Chicken
and checkered tablecloths and credit cards
leaving home on American Express
smiling because they're young
because you love them you step aside
in a Woolworth suit of simple color
a mute deer bounds away
a siren wails on the Interstate
during those awful days of waiting
in the past did you image
bumper-to-bumper trouble in Europia?
