Captivated With The Giants Poem by Robert Rorabeck

Dun by moon-side,
By pool-side, by beach side:
All of the children missing
From the merry-go-round that was meant
To be beside the sea:
All of my exploits of my later years
Cheating my face
Through the open windows of the
Hapless desert,
And upon above:
Saturn invisible, and Jupiter invisible,
And Pluto mostly invisible-
And the children were all supposed to be
Right here,
As the blind men build their houses on
The steep side of the mountains
Where the cars are always crashing
Down like tears
Into the empty bedrooms where the lovers
Were meant to be:
Estranged, though fleshed,
And now walking somnolently through
The waterfalls of carwashes,
The airplanes resting thoughtfully above
Them, captivated with the giants who are
Also looking down.