City By the Shore

Pristine shores, their past erased by tidal grasp Summer days, diamond sand and burning solarays Observant camera eyes retrieve...photographic memories Sleepless nights, city scapes, Its tourists' sights from vantage heights until daybreak City nights, secret rites, which darkness keeps,some cities never sleep Souvenir photographs telltale of passions veiled by distance strangers keep Enticed, foreign tourists reap culture shock and natives... paradise Multi-culture, t.v. hype and nostalgic tales Cheap sex and narcotics, black market products sales Gather souvenirs inexpensive and rare Day travel here and there, no tourist sight unspared Tried and true, even old world culture is new, remaining modern cultural affair On an ocean shore jewel lights invite, which no one dare ignore Earth's grand wonder...the city by the shore