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ASTRIDE THE TAIL FIN OF EMPIRE
Don Hynes
July 18, 2013
We're still discussing travel amenities
as the stern rises and the ship like a gigantic whale
begins its inevitable dive to a fathomless depth,
thousands of souls already strewn upon the sea and dying,
the prize of crossing lost in a furious whirlpool,
the agonizing cries of the helpless
upon the frigid sea without sentiment,
hubris leaden weight bearing us downward
in fancy clothes and jewelry,
chandeliers and braided uniforms,
polished steel and flooded turbines
all on the same course
astride the tail fin of empire
into the abyss of Babylon.
Don Hynes