Man with Beard and Cigarette
Deserted beach front clapboard housepaint peels
Grey stones, white froth, seabirds
Along the shore;
Flotsam dreams of plastic bottle broken-
Backed over fish head eyes astill;
To see an emboldened sky cry
Silver droplets clean the bottle once and for all.
A man with beard and cigarette looks on –
Aghast.
R.H.