we took them down carefully
the sun lapping at our shoulders while the waves slurped us into its mouth
without care
i happen to admire things with engines
& a small element of danger
anything loud and obnoxious and carefree
that in all reality will not harm a bone in my body
unless something malfunctions
we took them away
skampering across the water like a child
the sun kissing over its head, under its chin in a park
the kind of scenery that makes you fall in love with life
Kristen like a bird in a nest
her backbone tight and high
we were almost to the big lake when the beep came across the water
like a fire alarm, loud and tart, startling us from sleep
cut through the quiet waves and Kristen yells
"SHITTTT" and turned the machine
large and like a robot under her
back
be
bee
beeping the whole way
like a fart.
