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American Summer
Poems written while traveling.
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1: Power Outage It was her first hurricane— if only a Cat 1. The worst of it came late that night. I stood by the window, thinking to worry—then blindly reassured, somewhat. 2: La Tourista España She lit a filter cigarette, then exhaled and pulled her legs against her smallish breasts— beneath a little pink umbrella bracing against the onshore breeze. 3: Little Girl in Pink Bathing Suit At first chance she slips from her mother's sight and streaks down the beach. Engulfed by the first wavelet, she returns, sobbing, in her father's arms. 4: (tall, thin, blonde) Woman in Orange Sarong (breeze) on a white sand beach— seaweed remnants at water's edge; the tide's reach. (surfbreak and foam) swell followed by swell by swell by Caribbean blue; deep water a deepened blue; horizon. (Cozumel) the cloud burdened sky—above emptying to a cloudless blue. She passes from left to right. 5: Sur La Playa Old Goat comes to the beach and situates his young wife in sandy prominence. In his swimwear Old Goat displays he still has much to admire— as he sunscreens her glistening buttocks. 6: The Night An illumined palm, poolside, reaching its fronds into the evening breeze— clouds rising above, below fixed astronomies. A palm fans its fronds in a marriage to the evening's caress. 7: 38th & 5th En una calle de ricos at the edge of the third world small waves break as small children scream with delight— along the sidewalk and the hotel's thick wall, refuse, storm debris, spent blossoms. 8: Happy Hour (WiFi spot) Relaxing at a beach bar on the sunny Yucatán, ping pong sounds repeat behind us—as I peruse some of my poems from the internet without so much as a moment's pause. 9: Air Travel Pondering the odd, mixed geometry of Texas from 30-some thousand feet, the happy lives in progress below (unaware) —thunderheads rising (around us); smaller clouds affixed below (untethered); the soothing turbulence. back | ToC | next » 2016
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