Rotten Day

Rats in Rotterdam emerged from sewer,
oil leaked from the city’s main silo.
Truckloads of tulips littered every street,
truculent gangs hassled each fine tourist.
Emergency vehicles stalled en masse,
Rhine river ships listed and gulped water.
Dense fog shrouded airports--flights could not land.
Anger wafted like a scourge to the sea,
moribund its aura of pessimism.


Double Acrostic (“Rotterdam”)
[Rhythm 10] (9 Lines)

Writer's Cramp Winner, 1-11-13