A SEASONED REFUGEE

A seasoned refugee
roughened from five continents
feels free enough
to repent in the dunes
asking for a blanket pardon
by Franklin Gardens
amid blackbird cacophonies
and Mahler last symphonies
by the past icicles o a gazebo
life excuses him for a lost bicycle
in the circling of obscurity
of a country snow storm
under once warm
fallible umbrellas on the beach
having a vanilla Sunday
as ravishing gulls amuse
with mysterious wings
within reach by the seaweed
the lighthouse shines
hiding its shadows
by oak picnic canopies
as a child hunts
for coral shells
over the indigo shore
a lone chickadee sings.