sun city sinking (tanka+)

sun city sinking
into the ocean—built on
tequesta middens—
vain and thick with avarice
so high on its own supply

(glug … glug … glug… glug…)

What I’m Reading:

In 20 or 30 years, someone is going to find a solution for this. Besides, by that time, I’ll be dead, so what does it matter?

— Real estate developer, Jorge Perez to author Jeff Goodell / The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World