November 20-21, 2023

at first I thought “Behemoth!!!”

walking by the shore

upon which those roaring waves

dashed

crashed

thrashed

retreated

returned

to assail again

that great thing that stood

unmoved

silent beneath such damp fury

as though to notice such turmoil

were unworth its stoic dignity

standing careless close beside

stalwart rampart long forsook

near kin, which restless wait

the slow, inevitable descent

into relentless wave