Cooling Off

seagulls strike the beach
like they do the water and
appear confused with all
the sand that jumps away;
unable to help,
I laugh,
which they seem not to
appreciate, but
rather than argue
they fly into the sky
heading northward
on the flowing skirts
of the wind that
arrived too late in the day
to cool things off, even
if it was just a little.

30Jul16