world |
improbable |
an |
at |
the chain link |
through |
a glance |
tossing |
shoulders |
sunburned |
across |
with iodine |
baby oil |
and rubbed |
thin bikini straps |
then loosened |
old words |
mouthing the |
to our ears |
pressed radios |
across grass |
chenille blankets |
We spread our |
Sycamore |
Elm |
Cherry |
beneath summer shadows |
shared on benches |
furtive kisses |
sweet as |
torches |
cotton candy |
We gobbled |
and drowned |
root beer cups |
into |
staggered |
where bees |
the counter |
we came to |
Dreamsicles |
hot-dogs |
cherry colas |
Past |
danced to the low beat of "Duke of Earl" |
the concrete |
rose and paraded |
we sunbathed |
and sated |
Oiled |
Afternoon |
rim |
of |
lip |
the fern-cool |
across |
ladder rungs |
from |
up |
lifted |
we |
limbs |
our |
off |
water |
Shaking |
boy |
a |
of |
gaze |
the |
beyond |
exist |
not |
did |
We |
bubbles |
of |
mirage |
a |
into |
screaming |
plunged |
we |
which |
down |
afterthought |
silver |
a |
slide |
its |
us |
meet |
to |
up |
rose |
pool |
turquoise |
The |