The rulers stood on the sand
and demanded
that the tide turn back.
They even shot it.
Who shall blame the water
when they drown?
Gene Grabiner's poems have appeared in various journals, including: The American Journal Of Nursing, Main Street Rag, PoetLore, La Presa, Comstock Review, Connecticut River Review, Jewish Currents, Naugatuck River Review, Sandhill Review, and Slant. He is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. Ann Goldsmith writes that "Grabiner's compact poems celebrate the real, the unadorned, in their absolute integrity."
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