Aegean  Overspill........

Written in September 2015 when the mass exodus of refugees from war zones began.

Seems apt to re-visit looking at current events on the shores of the English Channel.

 

Crescent starred Gendarmerie manhunt, confront

overblown cover blown shyster sharks

frenzy-feed in back alley Bodrum,

fleecing Damascus dads of ventured shekels,

a one-way lilo lotto, Euro freedom pledge.

Daring dodge owl-eyed, Coastguard, gunboat pursuers.

Dingy dinghies overfilled.

Aegean Sea overspills.

Syrian dreams overkilled.

September swell breakers sever familiar threads.

Coral scraped remnants beach wretch,

wrench and insider survivor twist...

while boot suited politicos pontificate, posture and hiss.

Five star ochered parasols bow half-mast,

soulless life vest and a suitcase floating past.

Shell-shocked, gloomed Jasmine boycotts blooms,

abstains her scents descent.

Greek Isle gull’s mustard beaks screech a melancholic lament.

Precious Teddy eddy’s in....wash ebbs out

on oceans cyclical turquoise hem,

over sand sunk, flawless, human doll impressions...

reluctantly filling with languid liquid brine and froth...

Mother Earth’s chilly eventide eraser.