On Normandy

By Suzanne Buffam
Fate piles up
On the bloody Norman shore.
If you must swim there
Swim on your back.

Copyright Credit: Suzanne Buffam, "On Normandy" from The Irrationalist. Copyright © 2010 by Suzanne Buffam.  Reprinted by permission of Canarium Books.
Source: The Irrationalist (Canarium Books, 2010)