Mississippi Gulf Coast

squeezed between

its neighbours

Alabama and Louisiana

The river Mississippi

wide calm and

sometimes rapid-flowing

Moving sandbanks makes

it hard to navigate

for tugboats and

paddle steamers

When closing my eyes

I can see Huckleberry Finn

and his friend Jim

slowly floating

down the river

with their raft

It reminds me

of my youth

© Kjell Åhsberg