chernobyl-rust and steel
this massive steel radar web
built to detect American missiles
hides secrets in dark recesses
silent spaces for invisible spiders
abandoned useless metal
like thousands of hair curlers
barbed wire fences gone wild
no havens for people or birds
this mute patchwork abacus
these cold metallic interwoven nests
abandoned strung together
catch strands of wild feathers
dry leaves rattle under rusty pylons
cracked concrete behind the porous
ephemeral wind break an absence
hovers over bombed farmlands
- © Frank C. Modica 2023
Frank C. Modica is a retired teacher who taught children with special needs for over 34 years. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Dust Poetry, New Square, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Lit Shark. Frank's first chapbook, “What We Harvest,” nominated for an Eric Hoffer book award, was published in the fall of 2021 by Kelsay Books. His second chapbook, “Old Friends,” was published this past December by Cyberwit Press.
1 comment:
Just seeing this. Nice poem, Frank!
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