Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros was confirmed
grazing on the beach, a stone
of shell last seen in the jungle
snorting now sandcastles tremble
The secret of freedom is courage
the very weird is resurrected
hoons spraypaint the sculpture
some words don’t make any sense
The hand reaches in the dark
the light switch is always found
the imagination is another beast
press a trillion steps of flashing sand
I go back to my Thucydides
I turn the pages of our history
birds are fighting over a plastic bag
almost everything goes out with the tide.
© 2014 Rob Schackne
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