"Kelp Man"
a sculpture by David (D.J.) Brelje
one of the Urban Trees
on San Diego's waterfront





MAN UNRAVELING

Defeated, he,
the epitome of unraveling mankind,
strides away from private terror
to rust
and never fight again.

The David
shows no such weak ambiguity,
standing firmly fixed and in one piece,
slingshot
poised and ready to fire.

Is it winning
that makes a piece of art
a thing to last forever?
Losing
is the way to be fast forgotten.