04-25-2015, 08:29 AM
Red Charybdis
Looking across to Oklahoma,
the red clay engorged Red River,
takes me back fifty years,
to the Oklahoma side.
A molten metal shard
took out my dad's eye.
The river then, much as now,
rolling through, but the bridge then
was still part wood and it could not stand
against such a force.
To get to the hospital
he had to ride in a basket via crane
over this red monster.
Mission accomplished,
the rest was tame.
Erthona
©2015
Looking across to Oklahoma,
the red clay engorged Red River,
takes me back fifty years,
to the Oklahoma side.
A molten metal shard
took out my dad's eye.
The river then, much as now,
rolling through, but the bridge then
was still part wood and it could not stand
against such a force.
To get to the hospital
he had to ride in a basket via crane
over this red monster.
Mission accomplished,
the rest was tame.
Erthona
©2015
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.