BEYOND THE RIVER
Funnels derricks masts and jibs
abut foreboding foggy skies
where heavens bodies hide unseen
the tidal flow denied their light
and all that’s seen by squinting eye
the ghosts of steamers, barges, wherries
tugging straining ropes and buoys
along the heaving river banks
unseen unheard beyond those banks
the restaurants the pubs the clubs
with busy street sounds, neon spilling
neath the same foreboding skies