Up from the whitecaps
in the wind and rain the cries
of the gulls and then
their bodies also.
I mistake them for foam flakes.
How many of us
will succumb to the
coronavirus, go un-
der the dark wave? Not
to be kissed again?
Countless, countless—-but grieve on
in the wind and rain.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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