Splashes
First published in the “Hands Across the
Water” special issue of The Bamboo Hut
in December 2018, page 43. Originally written on 6 June 2011, at the Phoenix
Inn in Bend, Oregon. by Michael Dylan Welch and Ernesto Pangilinan Santiago summer rain— the marching band continues to play Michael sweat runs down my tuxedo Ernesto whitewater— a pinecone follows the overturned kayak Michael the colors of drinks along the bar— visiting in-laws Ernesto the sandcastle’s moat filling with the tide Michael autumn wind— the taxi splashes my blind date’s dress Ernesto |