Summer
By William P. Robertson
Category: Poetry |
Release:Anguirus (5.5)
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Summer is the season of noise
on the fifth moon of Ore
when bauxite excavation
rents mauve soil.
Steam shovels grind endlessly
as operators pull triple shifts
like drones in a sci-fi flick.
Foremen cuss in cinderproof suits
praying volcanoes stay dormant
beneath the boiling bayous.
The last eruption devoured
a whole month’s toil
and woke pterodactyl mosquitoes.
A hundred blood men were lost
before laser arc defense craft
could be summoned
from the home planet.
William P. Robertson is a freelance writer from Duke Center, Pennsylvania. His poetry, articles, and short stories have appeared in over 490 magazines worldwide. He is most well-known, though, for the seven-novel series he co-wrote with David Rimer about the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteers–The Bucktails–that fought in the American Civil War. For more information about Robertson’s writing visit his website at http://bucktailsandbroomsticks.com.
on the fifth moon of Ore
when bauxite excavation
rents mauve soil.
Steam shovels grind endlessly
as operators pull triple shifts
like drones in a sci-fi flick.
Foremen cuss in cinderproof suits
praying volcanoes stay dormant
beneath the boiling bayous.
The last eruption devoured
a whole month’s toil
and woke pterodactyl mosquitoes.
A hundred blood men were lost
before laser arc defense craft
could be summoned
from the home planet.
William P. Robertson is a freelance writer from Duke Center, Pennsylvania. His poetry, articles, and short stories have appeared in over 490 magazines worldwide. He is most well-known, though, for the seven-novel series he co-wrote with David Rimer about the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteers–The Bucktails–that fought in the American Civil War. For more information about Robertson’s writing visit his website at http://bucktailsandbroomsticks.com.
