MOON AND SEA

MOON AND SEA
for Oscar Bento

Virginal
as if no human
ever set foot on it:
the moon
reflecting her beauty
in the azure mirror of the sea
which apparently seems uninfected,
not irrevocably contaminated
with garbage and waste,
the voracity of people.

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT
Ithaca 2.8.2019