Not so much looking down as across..

Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Rhine

 The Rhine


In the milky morning light

Our swanlike ship sails by

Office blocks and autobahns

Cows and rural wooded scenes. 


We create a gentle wake

That pushes ripples to the banks

We sail by orphaned office blocks

Above a Van Gogh countryside. 


Around the bend comes another

Cruising ship with passengers

As sleepy as our own 

Wandering down to buffet breakfast. 


We are a little village

Well mannered and entitled

Drinking coffee while drinking in

The farmlands of a summer morning.  


We are the chosen ones 

The privileged one percent 

Who try so hard to avoid

Taking everything as earned. 

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