Green Peas at Stake

Jensen Beach, April 21 (Dew Drop 21)

Jensen Beach, April 21

Crowded at the beach today,
--on a Monday, no less--
sun building webs of light
for pieces of dreams
jobs in the offing,
world's untreated scars,
and ripples of sea like butter knives
spreading salt on the sand
and on the wounds of people
who try to connect with
the birds overlapping the sky
as if in a drifting trance,
studiously ignoring
the sad face of the economy.

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Revised version:

Jensen Beach

Crowded at the beach today...
The sun's building webs of light
to add to the drama of sloth,
jobs in the offing, and
world's untreated scars
as ripples like butter knives
spread salt on the sand,
the wounds of people, and pelicans
in a drifting trance, ignoring
the sad face of the economy.