Mark D. Townsend

NIGHT BREEZE

During the day most call it a breeze,
Yet at night it makes one feel one ill at ease,
So comfortable but so very aware.

3” cannon exhausts wail,
Sideways must be that tail,
Why?

I was taught to keep my tail out of sight,
Lest it be kicked very high,
Especially at night.

Me thinks I’ll just sit for a bit with a smirk on my face,
Pretending I came down in the last rain shower…… …