R.+Tremmel

DISNEY PROPERTIES 1. Mickey Mouse and Jesus on every channel in every room

smell of fresh paint

buzzards circling low over the trees.

2. The same cormorant perches all day on a buoy moored next to the bar at the edge of the water

stunted bass in the shallows

Yuengling and Margaritas

water so flat and calm, like Saran

not even the wind can cure the perfection

scentless, purple blooms.

3. Next to the thatched cottage, that is neither thatched nor a cottage

litter of cardboard on the table, grease stained napkins

vinegar, unopened salt packets, receipts twitching in the wind like beheaded chickens suddenly swept up.

4. Mallards and coots pushed around by black barges loaded down with ordinance and so many targets within range they could fire without aiming and hit something every time.

5. More beer stands than the state fair

funnel cakes, sushi

drums on the far side bogged down in bonsai thirty feet tall

rain in Morocco

rainbow with no name.

6. Stave Church Gallery

tenth century a continent away and a sword just like the one buried with Rögnvald the Raider

silver and filigree of rusted steel.

His mother loved him once.

There is nothing for sale in here.

7. Back in the timber at dusk, buzzards on the roost, a faded remnant of fur and bone bends down, drinks softly, straight from the earth

the cormorant slips without a sound into the dark water.