Originally Published 03/28/2024

soft beckoning fingers translucent blue greet me in the bright sunlight

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cooling hot feet and instantly refreshing an overtaxed weary soul

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gulls squeal overhead looking for something yummy or unguarded

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opaque shapes don’t hide the sun as the warm breezes gently kiss

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suddenly I inhale an entire grove of coconuts and she’s there

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laying on a blanket bikini laden dark soft skin drinking up the sunlight

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refreshment of her design in hand complete with umbrella and ice

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sporting Jackie-O sunglasses and enjoying all life has to offer

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legs trim and long and strong and beautiful bringing my mind to a place where pain doesn’t exist

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she smiles a wry smile at me and as usual challenges me, I feel the shock as the cold water laps up my ankles

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stepping ever forward I am washed in the spray of soft white foam the smoothly caresses my arms and legs as I enter

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I duck and dodge a behemoth of a wave just as an airplane flies overhead affixed to the back, car insurance ads

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it’s up to my neck now, be careful, many drown here that are younger and fresher

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a helicopter juts by and I wave that I am ok as a wave slaps my face with its cold fingers

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that slapped burned as the salt water swirls in my mouth and I spit it out

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kelp, seaweed, aliens I am unsure what this stuff is but it entangles me just as the woman on the shore did

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I grab a handful and chuck it away and await its magic re-emergence

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I turn to shore and head in the direction of the woman as her coconut essence calls out to me

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a warm smile greets me and warm lips as well just as a gentle ocean wind catches us both enveloping us

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contentedness without limit, warmth without cold and desire without rejection…

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The beach calls us all into her soft sensual arms.

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