Rangpur

So hindsight is always twenty-twenty
but what about all those gut feelings?

The ones we follow in the first place,
following happiness or trying to avoid

the same sinkholes as before…
Florida carries the same waves of green

ennui as before, fallen to forgotten
drive-in theatres, rusted pink flamingos

shining at the Magic Beach Motel,
Neon, a different omen all it’s own.

Matanzas signalling our downfall
from the start–She collects lemons

with help from ghosts, they pour
the gin to muddle with the wind

carrying the vibrations of you.