INSCRIPTION AT DRAKE’S SEAT
Light burst through clouds
drenching the
flamboyant tree
in a wash of scarlet red,
the flowers are on fire today.
Waves breaking
off Hans Lollik,
locked in a covenant
of salt and rock.
A hawk soars on thermal
currents over
an endless sky
of blue glory.
A sad donkey hobbled
with knotted rope,
the witnessing presence
of the mountain
stands waiting.
And to the west
twilight gathers
In the hills
of Botany Bay,
a bird in flight
has fallen to earth.
An island mourns
its own.
(In memory Maria Rodriguez, Daniel, Neisha, and Tyler Yannone)
Filippo Cassinelli is a businessman from the island of St. Thomas.
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