Out of Our Depth

Crab found impaled on a bush at Sea Point Beach
CC Jean Stimmell: 3/23/18

As a crab, snatched by a seagull,

is ripped out of its depth,

so too are we,

as Trump’s prey,

being yanked up

 from our depths,

destined  only

 to be dropped,

dashed upon the

sharp edges of
our worst dreams

Transformation

Jean Stimmell©2018

What will it take for our skeletal moral landscape

to bud and flower like the desert blooms after the rain,

washing away the specter of that knuckle-dragging,

chest-thumping, narcissist called  Trump?