Last Words
helicopter rotor blades
whip around the air
causing momentary claps
of sound as if an imaginary
audience was pleased
with a performance;
a continuous but soundless
breeze blows between us
and the sky above as if
an imaginary fan is there;
semi nudity adorns these
beaches as the parental
guidance mode has been
switched off and taken
a vacation as well, leaving
very little to the alluring
imagination to ponder as
older men with bellies stare;
summer humidity still prevails
to some degree or other,
even though temps have
fallen by ten points or more,
but, nowhere on this beach
can anyone from it all;
scores of bearded souls with
sixties long hair and wrinkled
skin have come out to play as
soon as the big hand has touched
noon and their bodies have
adjusted to staying up past ten;
junior misses and young preppy
males seemed to have joined us
as they sit side-by-side on blankets
like disjointed metaphors waiting
to be edited or at least reworked
a little to avoid misunderstanding;
umbrellas on balconies and not
seen before offer some degree of
of hope that this new generation
is not really sincere with all its
expectations of parental guidance;
summer ends today for most of us
although not to work do we return,
but to a state of continued laziness,
simply in a different environment,
still before here is better than
before here or wherever as there
is just something about being here
that is captivating and mesmerizing.
30Sept16
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