Those Environmentally Inaccessible Neanderthal Caves of Include Me Nevada
Evidence of our forebears’
cliff cave pollution spreads.
From way up here
an irregular series of white dots.
Closer examination reveals
old washing machines, dryers
left out to soak up some sun.
If you listen carefully
below the sand-ridden wind
you can hear them whimpering at night
still cycling their anguish
in energy-saving cold water.
colin james
Colin James is a poet.
His chapbooks, Dreams Of The Really Annoying and A Thoroughness Not Deprived of Absurdity, are published by Writing Knights Press and Piski’s Porch Press, respectively. His book-length collection, Resisting Probability, is published by Sagging Meniscus Press.
Born in England, he now lives in Massachusetts.
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