Pearl Dive

Eucalyptus, nasturtium, fern shadow
on the palm lined sidewalk beneath
4½ birds on a wire

abstract Santa Cruz

as w/the unimaginable
taking a turn
turning
a day late

the planet tilted in such a way
felt but endlessly in the mind

The knock-kneed angel of
Lighthouse Point
a black silk afternoon
in her eyes
would send me out
for wine & road maps
& I’d return w/workgloves
& Mexican beer

& falling through her peek-a-boo kimono
I’d tell her everything she
didn’t want to hear