Oil tanker
laden with grime
bobbing in the waves
Blamed for polluting
obscenely obtuse
no one cares to save
Don't hate yourself
for I see a shimmer
of something once beautiful
A "fixer-upper"
yes, you are
but who ever said in vain?
for isn't the story of Seattle
to re-make something old,
giving it life again?
Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 at 4:29 PM UTC
Oil tanker
laden with grime
bobbing in the waves
Blamed for polluting
obscenely obtuse
no one cares to save
Don't hate yourself
for I see a shimmer
of something once beautiful
A "fixer-upper"
yes, you are
but who ever said in vain?
for isn't the story of Seattle
to re-make something old,
giving it life again?
Part 8/13 in "The Seattle Chronicles" collection
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