Hymn to Paradise
I watched sunrise at
Rehoboth
I watch sunset over
Paradise
stuck in a fucking traffic
jam
map sprawled across passenger
seat
cell phone sleeps in a cup
holder
analogue man tries for peace
in a digital world
I’ve crossed three states in
two days
excessive drives to see an
ocean
once before the year ends
once again like last year
same week, same
circumstance
same places, same hotel
same part of the beach after
the same walk
a different joint
listen to the waves
hood up against the cold
a monk in darkness
I’ve marveled at herons in
estuaries
watched saw grass shake
across wind
watched foxes across frozen
cornfields
there are so many shorelines
to memorize
before we change them
before the ocean swallows
them
brake lights gridlock
along the highway
the shortest days of the
year
so much time in darkness
peaceful, I lock on a
thumbnail moon
if the world ended now
if the world ended now
--Jason Baldinger
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