LST 666 lay offshore gently rocking <br />port to starboard on incoming waves <br /> <br />perhaps an abandoned merchant ship <br />that carried cargo and contraband <br />from Shanghai to Yokohama <br />before Vietnam flared up <br /> <br />perhaps that was the rumble of artllery <br />one heard in the distance <br />coal black sand glittering <br />in hazy sunlight <br />dark shrubs <br />twisted trees <br />and a rocky road <br /> <br />The shore of Acheron?<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/acheron-on-the-beach/
