IMPROVISATION # 82
WINTER THING

Ice fishing
with rolled up sleeves
in China Lake, Maine
near a desolate beach
of a winter thing
after a four hours drive
we wake up at the Coast
by churlish campers
safely on shore
as two teams
one from Sioux Falls
along the South Dakota plain
explode with cat calls
over the white sand
a guy with a buzz cut
suddenly plays a nose flute
others fold post cards
a Gemini palm reader
feeds the birds
and one is drunk
on Rimbaud.