HOCKNEY PAINTING

Like Hockney's guys
watching a sunny horizon
waves are clear
in the front of our eyes
no one behaves
in the sunrise of fresh air
doing exercises of I Ching
by the painting of changed faces
in a spate of curses
with a fearless palette
with the sign, beware!
in a space curling Venice Beach
circling and brushing by
a school of dazzling pairs
within a menacing life guard's reach
of a narcissistic swimming pool
waiting to celebrate
the end of school with a picnic
as a shimmering day passes
reaching from the shore
with all the business strife
of part sketching
and stretching for.