23.5.25

 Sailing to Modernity


One day poems will praise

the likes of Baltimore

but probably not.

Half of it is resentment

filled in with envy and regret

holistically speaking.

Saying anything here,

fiddling with my crown,

tired as hell of getting here.

Still, living quietly on the outskirts

of the empire saying

it's too late now, 

the Red Sea yawned and went to bed.

These days you can go anywhere

you want to

but back then, oh!  Back then.

Now all they say is:

People with respiratory issues should stay indoors.

Well, I'll say! Should have already been there,

'specially in the holy city of Baltimore.

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