Towers of grey
Million rays have set On those isles of grey Half drowned towers Of clustered destiny. Once, even before prehistory As Apollo mated Oceana She soared up high As he drew her close Showering isles astray as morning dews In their celestial ecstasy. Beard kings, short and stout Walked the ramp Of those inland water ways Spread, a linen They dragged along Their potbelly gown Leaving tales of histories In those mighty royal highways Of gluttonous raptures. Chess board lords In their cross checked moves Wrecked one another And blew up blocks Black and white. They had queens Of glittering blaze Moving statues or Antique widows. Had daughters clad In Persian carpets Veiled and pinched To the balcony gaze Of somber stone towers. A souvenir regenerated For the annual harvest. Alms in decorum For the fertility gods. To this land of treasured pork and improper surnames Men came, sailing From the land of marred Albatross They brought with ...