Something Rattles in the Mistral

Bushes wiggle and wriggle

Trees waving, not drowning

Waves increase, one in seven

drags the pebbles from under cold feet

Indiscreet, seaweed-flecked, pink-toed,

Uncomfortable, random acupressure

that resolves nothing, like bad therapy.

The wind subsides to a

general exhalation

A gentle background roar

A football crowd’s simple appreciation

Reduced to

Something rattling

rattling

rattling

in the Mistral.