Red Tide at Padre Island
Red Tide
it is red algae
the ranger explains
he is so young, i think,
it must be intern week
it releases an odor like
ammonia, he continues
he doesn’t know, i think,
how i grew up on the coast
my allergies must be
getting worse, i think,
as i cough with every breath
it passes, though, as i head inland
and, sometimes, i also think
of what death will feel like to everyone else
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