Far Away & Río Lagartos

 

  

 

FAR AWAY
 
 
to the south
    bayous     
ruptured oil well
tar balls soiling
protected wetlands
sea sponges
crabs, fish,
algae and octopus
 
     —coral reefs
 
 
RÍO LAGARTOS
 
 
thatch-roofed hut
with stick walls
crickets were singing
 
village posada
agua
hibiscus tea
 
Yucatan, Mexico
ragged mangrove swamp
salt encrusting dead stumps
 
black coral
 
fishing for octopus
 
a child sitting on blue steps
 
blue-black silt
sea grass
 
pelican rookery awash in crude
 
oil rig spill
in the south
 
stained tortoise eggs
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