David Gluck
Tourist Season

As it so happens
I ran into the
devil last week
I was at Niagara Falls, watching
the water flowing
he wasn't searching for souls
he wasn't tormenting any sinners
he was just sightseeing
it was quite a comical sight,
actually.
His coiling horns protruding
from his dumpy yellow plastic hat
his pointed tail hanging
with questionable intent
out of the back of his yellow rubber rain coat.
Lesser demons
running around
buying cheap souvenirs
hassling Japanese tourists
and if you listened
very carefully
you may have heard
the antagonist of man
muttering under his breath
cursing God
for losing his luggage.

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