| 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 |