a private airport, closed in secret
to bring quiet, calm, to the shore,
and disrupt noncontribution
a good thing, to be sure, a great one
yet,
the Australian-Italian pilot
expressed sorrow, regret, grief
over the drowned runway
as ducks snatched peanuts
as fish scattered in response
as algae spread across the tarmac
the Australian-Italian pilot
had crossed the world to see it
and looked about to cry
10/21/24