Hurricane

Crazy Al Johanssen surfs 
through the hurricane, 
dives under its rollers, 
flies over sunken boats, 
takes out a gull mid-air 
with his strapped
on rubber angel wings.

He lives for the thrill,
knows his body will wind down
soon enough. 

He stopped the chemo eight months ago, 
grew back all of his hair, 
rented a house with a pier to sit 
on when the winds finally calm 
and kids rush like hungry crabs
onto the sea-sucked beaches again.



Pris Campbell
©2008


Art: Hurricane Pier by Lowell Fox, a Florida artist. To see more of his wonderful art go to his webside HERE.

This art is copyrighted and used with permission


Published in Sketchbook Journal Fall 2008





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