CHANT OF THE CICADAS

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MEANDERTHAL MAN

 

All the hype;

TV news; avant cuisine

overlooking the issues.

 

Yet I never heard

cicadas sing

til a grass field

in Tennessee

 

when fireworks 

voiced Independence Day

steady flow 

of input & data

permeated the air.

 

The chant

suddenly sounded

like an alarm

if only for a few hours.

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

written at Bonnaroo in 2004.

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allets's picture

I Can Not Remember 2004

The year of the Cicada. We should name our years like the Chinese. Cool write, too :) slc


 

 

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The echo of their song still

The echo of their song still resounds in my mind.