steam of Summer rain

 
People fleeing unlivable situations
need places where they can legitimately
exist.


Could this over the world wholesale 
violence have been influenced by
an Earth acting in self-defense?
All the angry outrage willing to kill
refugees, take the limited land and
sea's bounty for whichever group, tribe,
family, Strong Men survives for that
time.


That's what artists do --
we turn our pain into beauty


That long felt taste,
redolent perfume of
heat-baked pavement and
  blooming gardens
Old road songs and wistful
memories
Vast  summer adventures when
the days seemed forever
Nights cloying with impulsive
outpourings, melting into
steam of Summer rain.


6/15-20/24