August, at the beginning, is not there

blue water fire fallout
fresh kill foundophobes

follow the trail to
follow the trail

to finally, too foul
to finally,

finality.
fin.

to cap it all off

oil in the gulf, in the surf
in your dreams
turned black.

the blowout in deep water
the blowback on dry land

the extreme
emergency:
spill, baby, spill

coming in on a wing and a prayer

Hudson River, New York, NY
January, 2009

brrrrrr. adrift. afar.

how now? brownfield

The term boondoggle, in the sense of a project that wastes time and money, first appeared during the Great Depression in the 1930s, referring to the millions of jobs given to unemployed men and women to try to get the economy moving again, as part of the New Deal. It came into common usage after a 1935 New York Times headline claimed that over $3 million had been spent teaching the jobless how to make boon doggles.

Time to get real.

comet swarm

Tiny diamonds found in the soil are strong evidence a comet exploded on or above North America nearly 13,000 years ago, leading to the extinction of dozens of mammal species.

Science suggests the cataclysm also reduced the population of the earliest people to inhabit the region and triggered a 1,300-year-long cold spell that stretched around the world.

The heat generated by the extraterrestrial impact likely melted much of a glacier that once covered the Great Lakes region, sending a massive flood down the Mississippi River.

According to the report, the cold waves of glacial runoff into the Gulf of Mexico shifted Atlantic Ocean currents, changing climate patterns throughout the world. This was in a cooling period known as the Younger Dryas.

A rare swarm of comets rained over North America about 12,900 years ago, sparking fires that produced choking, leading to the extinction of a large range of animals, including mammoths.

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[The scientific study that lead to these conclusions was conducted by a group of eight archaeologists and geologists from the universities of Oregon and California, Northern Arizona University, Oklahoma University and DePaul University. Their findings were published at the end of 2008 in the journal Nature.]

catfish basketball

orb swallow.
bitten by that
barbel poker,
on the bad
bounce, back again,
biscuit driven.

rings around the moon

here comes saturn

at eight o'clock

running rings
around the moon