Vital Occupation

Our river guides have gone on strike. Citizens who live well away from the river think they will not be affected, but are mistaken. Those near the river’s edge know the peril that comes of the river losing its way. The striking river guides hold their raucous rallies on the highest ground in town, by inference pointing out what their continued inattention could portend. The river patters and crackles along, content to abide by its last set of instructions. But wait until the next good rain. Then we will parse the river guides’ demands, admit we have overlooked their standing.

Ken Poyner

www.kpoyner.com, www.barkingmoosepress.com

 

At indie bookseller Sundial Books,

https://sundialbooks.net/search?q=ken%20poyner.

 

Science Is Not Enough—speculative poetry

Winter’s Last Apple—poetry, prose poetry, micro-fiction

Stone the Monsters, or Dance – speculative poetry

Lessons From Lingering Houses – speculative poetry

Engaging Cattle – flash fiction

The Revenge of the House Hurlers – flash fiction

Avenging Cartography – flash fiction

Victims of a Failed Civics – speculative poetry

The Book of Robot – speculative poetry

Constant Animals – flash fiction

 

Persistence is futile, yet we go on throwing rocks at the stars.