Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Haitian Sea at Sunset

We find a lean man at a cafe,
his smile an incantation to women on barstools
with nothing left to give.

Mosquito sirens spiral around my ears
across the sand
Wind shifts then breaks
Blues run together with ethereal life
until only a single azure note remains

Faces soften in amber shadow.
I watch the sun set under a bruised sky
transmuting base metal into gold leaf,

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