Man on the Spot
On a Florida beach,
burrowed down in sand,
I watch the shapes of swimmers
bobbing in and out of waves,
a pod of dolphins in the distance
in sleek gray ballet,
a manatee trolling in the shadows
for some tasty weeds.
There’s a guy on a board
out beyond the flags
and volleyball players
jumping and thumping
either side of an impromptu net.
A kid is molding a castle
with a foaming ebbing, waning, moat.
Two suntanned lovers
trot where the surface is the hardest,
leave hand-in-hand footprints in their wake.
It is definitely a situation
that requires someone
to do nothing but take it all in.
Wide-eyed and stress-free,
I take on the job.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, River And South and The Alembic. Latest books, “Subject Matters”,” Between Two Fires” and “Covert” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Paterson Literary Review, White Wall Review and Cantos.
