Wednesday, November 27, 2013

SORRY, SHACKLETON—

Forgive! 
the sound—

of hollow antarctic 
wind—

whose 
dull wail

I'll explore—
one hundred

years 
or so later—in order

that I might
lay claim

to better—

or, 

at least less-
deplorable—

sleep over some of my fussier weeknights!