I step out
to look at
to watch to
live
the sun setting over the ocean
down over the pool and the hot tub and the pavement
which is pink and peach
I pretend it's summer
as I sip my coffee shivering smoking a cigarette
Camel Crush
I have a crush on life
the sky is
sky blue and pink and orange like a hot day
not orange like winter which fades to black
only one bird
dots this vast seascape
flying high above the reaches of dreams
we do not know freedom
below, the palm trees sway and are happy the sun is not partial
it hits everything
the palms dance in it's light
to music from another time
every sunset is beautiful
Myrtle Beach
has stolen the sun from every part of the world
and spreads it across the ocean to the edge of the horizon
to make me smile