IMPROVISATION#253
WAKING WITH SEA GULLS

Waking up by sea gulls
departing the sky
in a profusion of clouds
along the Cape Cod beach
the noon air is cool
as a beachcomber walks
glaring along the sand
tells me he his name is Ned
and is a runaway
entangled in seaweed
tells me he is needy
on a winter February thaw
and draws me a landscape
in an epiphany of nature
peeks at the waves
under the sun rays shadow
and picks his way down
to the shore
bathing in frozen water
after a week.