June 16, 1977

Age: 19 years

And it's blue-jeep afternoons
with red roses
on cement sidewalks,
and clear blue skies
like pools of blue and white.
Warm brown bodies walk along footprintless sand,
eyes travel in circles
scanning the tanning products
toasting golden brown.
A circle of swimming trunks
and bathyingsuit tops and bottoms
talk beyond the borders of readersville,
while the sea looks on in silence
and the gulls shake the slimy eals in their beaks.
Afternoon delight.
And, there's gold dust in the air.
The world spins in circles
of multi-colored rhymes,
wind-blow-dried hair
and curling locks of baby-softness
seem to match the blown out trio
of gold dust and white papers.

Background: Beach days on the Cape.