Road prowess dulled
to a slow mime
through the ashen panorama
of the spilled television
snow screen
Lacerated
forward progression mocks
assurance in direction
despite repeated seasons on the route
The pier road crescendo into
painfully municipal dimensions
sears with a scorch
a sepulchral ballad of a nearby town
like an economic power chord
Grey-white squalls plug
seditious intimations and then
go swimming while the riled townspeople
on the shoreline steam
and the weather’s emblematic art of urgency
goes undetected in the spiteful wind
it flies upon

Steven Fortune is a resident of Nova Scotia (Canada) and a graduate of Acadia University. He has released five poetry collections to date, edited several works for others, and has also appeared on CBC Radio, while his work has been featured and read on several radio programs.