Cliff’s a table laid
with grass like seaweed
for a mermaid’s bed
blue blue aqua
turquoise porpoise
seals circling the tide.

Headland locks
to leeward
wind chimes yacht
climbs the swell;
pirate’s tide hides
in caves below us.

Couple’s cruise
the boardwalk
stride in both directions
conjugal pairs matching
habit printed on their
faces.