I like it here
even though I’m surrounded
only by rivers
like the Ohio
and Monongahela
not the vast lakes
expanses
to which my eyes are used
Huron
Michigan
Superior
even St.Clair
where I watched a Beetle sink
through thin ice
I don’t miss idiots
who think they can drive
their lightweight German car
on frozen water
in early January
I don’t know the plains
or the mountains
but I know these waters
they are restless
don’t tempt them
or suffer like fools
at least you haven’t lost it
