m.t. whitington


A force majeure, female catalyst, futurist, polemicist, psychonaut, epistemologist. Ruminating between the lines with a clarion call and extreme unction.  A global writer with southern roots.


Manatee

Manatee

Florida is a giant sandbar

sewer spills

a million septic tanks

snakes and snakes

and waterways

one side a gulf flushed

down rivers

into the toilet bowl

stormwater runoff

mixes to create blooms

red tide blue-green 

and brown algae

killing the seagrass

poor water quality

starving the sea cows

dying in droves

Indian River lagoon 

count boat kills and cold stress

on the Atlantic side

but this is a final die-off

Florida is killing the Manatee...

the salon floor

the salon floor

the fine art of aspic

the fine art of aspic