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Translucent moonlight slips
from midnight skies,
whitewashes my salty moist skin
with splashes of light.
Beads of warm sweat trickle,
between winter white breasts,
stirrings arouse my calm center,
as we lie on a native bed
of sand and shell.
Tied loosely to moorings,
far off fishing boats bobble and creak.
The Atlantic murmurs;
channel markers faintly chime
under a spill of silver stars.
Quivering beneath this elegant canopy,
I reveal myself to bursts of dream light,
letting my flesh rhyme with yours.
The whimsical tide plays with the gulls;
a westerly breeze swishes
through sea oats and beach grass.
Your fragrance lingers among temperamental pleasures,
summon once calm waves
to crest again and again.
In the lavender-streaked dawn,
we search the sand
for tossed undergarments
and washed up shells
while beachgoers march towards the sea,
stomping on the sunbleached boardwalk,
smelling of sunscreen
and last night’s margaritas.
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on Mar. 1 2007
1- Anstey
on Mar. 1 2007