Submerged in the darkness
I struggle to distinguish
the sound of water
tumbling down the creek
from the rushing tires
of an approaching car
Timing my naked leap
from the hot tub
so as not to offend
the neighbors.
Vernon Wade is a poet, author and freelancer. He has been published in The Gorge Literary Journal, Dualsport Rider Magazine, Hack’d Magazine, The Sidecarist, ROB Magazine and The Hood River News.
The world fills him with wonder. When he looks at the sky he is lifted into flights of fancy, when he stares at the earth he is drawn beneath its surface. He is delighted to find the macrocosm and the microcosm equally mesmerizing.
Submerged in the darkness
I struggle to distinguish
the sound of water
tumbling down the creek
from the rushing tires
of an approaching car
Timing my naked leap
from the hot tub
so as not to offend
the neighbors.
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