Seaweed a go-go

1.
I was talking to you she said (in the rain)
& so what color is “kind pity” I wondered
as precious tears lit up the sand, the wave break,
& the Indonesian bikini scorched by 1000 sunsets.
It was Tuesday in the palm trees
floating away on silken waves the color of
retribution.

2.
She said she said         all lit up & floating away
her cupped hands inventing the rain said
& the light in the palm trees scorched by
precious tears the color of Chapultepec
in the rain         Who says we’re not bleeding?
kind pity rakes the sand         I was talking
to you.   The cold green steel surging beneath the
pier, wave breaks in the line-up washed in foam
the color of Indonesian milk glass, I wondered if she
said “silk ass”      (neon lit the beach
precious jewels in the sand

3.
1000 sunsets, give or take, & washed in foam
floating away beneath the pier like retribution