"Zurich" and "Whakatane"
Whakatane
The accurate & eloquent
Wordsworth would have
had little sympathy for the
inane phraseology of the Health
authorities working around
the clock to try to determine
if the men who had gone
ashore were sympathizers of
the French Revolution. Few
concepts, he said, are
as central to humanity as
the innocence of the dead.
Zurich
The gnomes are bored
with being enigmatic. Have
dumped the seasonally
changing menu &
its old world sensibilities—
the summery chic of
Gucci's classic synth-pop
with inflected voice, the
yodelling electronic loops
of Dolce & Gabana's
winter spectroscopy—in
favor of a one size fits
all &, at the same time,
hyper-masculine &
exceedingly feminine
morphological de-
composition. Even
more dissonant, with
scratchy feedback. But
still manages to keep
precise time under water.

Mark Young’s first published poetry appeared over sixty-two years ago. Much more recent work has appeared in RIC Journal, Scud, Ygdrasil, Mobius, Offcourse, SurVision, BlazeVOX, Don’t Submit!, & Word For/Word. Mark recommends the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.