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An unhurried sun slides across the horizon Preparing for slumber behind distant waves And daylight’s last seagull rides thermals in search Of a late night fish supper - the herring he craves A paint shop explosion enlivens the skies As the sun doffs its cap to the tail end of day That silhouette seagull, against crimson, flys Before finally veering and heading away As one with the beach and the shoreline beyond I watch vibrant heavens succumb To a darkness profound although I stick around And I wait for tomorrow to come The night has its chills but no hectic-life ills As I feed my small campfire with sticks One deck chair, one fire is all I desire… And a thermos for my caffeine fix There’s no moon, no stars and there’s no beachfront bars The surf is my soundtrack tonight I’ve seen moons and stars work with Venus and Mars To set all above me alight But tonight is unpainted and I get acquainted With shadows that flicker and prance As I recline there, amused, I’m aware That the fire makes my own shadow dance I don’t truly doze and a distant bell knows That I count off its chimes in the night And as the world sleeps, somewhere near, a bird cheeps And I know that it soon will be light I’ll witness the day and then scurry away Through the hustle and bustle, to bed Inspired, I’m rewired, and yet, rather tired With my first chapter clear in my head My thermos delivers one last warming cup As a new dawn blue-rinses the grey A seagull, perhaps who went last night unfed Circles early for breakfast today
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