floating breakfast
you find me by the pool
on a unicorn tube |
pinball
at the beach motel
her bikini tilts |
on the hardcourt
palm trees provide
no shade |
Miami blistering sun
varieties of people
without actual pants |
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cold waves
just happy
to have my feet in |
mixture of brown and yellow
feeling the cool water
under my piggy toes |
sand creeping in
places
sand does not belong |
competing
who
can jump the highest wave |
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midnight
beach walk
to watch the moon rise |
moss covered steps
we descend
towards the creek |
he kissed like
he was underwater
i was air |
sticky fingers
from caramel apples
delicious first kiss |
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she looks out
the ship window
waves for miles |
different city
same friends
cake by the ocean |
turnt and burnt
we roam the beach
for the last time |
beach bod
or mom bod
I don't care |
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watching
everyone's snapchat
wishing I was there |
seeing pictures
ocean after ocean after ocean
sinking further into the couch |
work work work
all break long
building up the bank account |
jumbo margarita
to drown my sorrows
about working all week |
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stuck in an office
on a beautiful afternoon
she looks out the window |
long and white
my lab coat
keeps me warm |
spring break
lunch date with granny
every day |
daytime cartoons
pulling me back
to my childhood |
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old town
new
through your eyes |
in every way, he was perfect
at least with moonlight
to cover his flaws |
staring up at the stars
lying in the wet grass
I reach for her hand |
the curl of the dog’s
sleeping body
matches hers |
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dark evening mist
we carry the canoe
towards the quiet lake |
11 pm
no commitments tomorrow
another episode |
backpack full
of homework to do
. . . it can wait |
finally warm
the last day
of spring break |
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