The Reincarnation of Hippolytus in Florida

The Reincarnation of Hippolytus in Florida

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Another dream he had in boyhood nights

Trapped boy upon the brackish shore, lagoon

Of seaweed shore, and like the nightmare blights

All boys must suffer these entailed a moon

Of slinking poison.  Suddenly the waves

Became the ocean.  Then they all withdrew.

Orange groves behind him lost the aisles and naves

And instantly the shoreline turned to glue

Beneath his feet.  The waves dragged farther out

And formed above a silent undertow

A silent roar.  The dream produced the flout

Of all things safe.  This boyhood learned to know.

  It knew that doom cannot be fled.  A wave

    Too huge to flee became a crushing grave.

~ Phillip Whidden

by phillipw | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 comments