By RAHN ADAMS
The legal battle was over / who owned the lot — / the benevolent developer / or the crusading islanders.
They’d already fought / over crossing the wide moat / that protected their castles / in the shifting sands,
And the king had won, / realizing his plan / to replace the drawbridge / with a high-rise, concrete span.
But Lot 1A was different, / being new dry land / that had built itself up / with each crash of ocean surf.
At the end of the day, / King Ed said, “Let it be so / that the people win. / Our crown will be this gazebo.”