The sun is as yet consuming in my skin
despite the fact that it set thirty minutes prior,
what's more, Cindy and Bob and Bev and John
are pulling on their sweatshirts
what's more, assembling around the fire pit.
John gives me a cool one
what's more, now Bev comes into my arms
what's more, I can feel the sun's warmth,
furthermore, taste the Pacific on her cheek.
I am not in Vietnam,
nor is John or Bob, in light of the fact that
our suspensions came through,
furthermore, we get the opportunity to remain young men
for at any rate another late spring
like this one in Santa Cruz,
surfing the evenings in a sweet
blue dream I'm recollecting now,
as the medical caretaker puts my cheek to rest,
what's more, the specialist starts to consume
those summers away.
