we used to sit on our lawn chairs by the river
\nSunday afternoons with a beer or two
\nand our binoculars
\nin the shade of the old oak
\nand speculate about how many
\ntopless babes we would spot
\nsunning on the decks of passing yachts
\nand we would talk for hours
\nabout things I don’t remember now
\nthat don’t matter now
\nin my office basement
\nwith snow piled around the windows
\nand your face relaxing, cooling
\nwhile your wife and children gather
\nin the northern town
\nnear another body of water
\nyou have already crossed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
we used to sit on our lawn chairs by the river Sunday afternoons with a beer or two and our binoculars in the shade of the old oak and speculate about how many topless babes we would spot sunning on … Continue reading