Who Knew?
mary pacifico curtis
They roll
flatbeds tiered in threes
airstreams in twos
passenger cars stacked in tens
cargo cars, refrigerators and food
28
giants
dwarfed in the Appalachian green
long against the plains
muted in the Rockies
shining gleams in the desert’s mirage
sleek in Moab’s red rises
buds of color across sprawling salt flats
obstacles in Sierra twists
congested with everyone else at the coast.
I said to the guy at whole foods, “how is
this whole amazon thing working out for you?”
and he shrugged and said, “good, so far they haven’t
touched us and its great that they reduced some prices
25%, but I read about them and they’re all about distribution
and that makes me think drones.”