Jeremiah Walton- A Poem

Hampton, Love Me Back

Under the dock

untouched by

morning light

scuttles

morning dew

down a sleeping spider's leg

 

The pubic hairs

of the beach

are infested

with crabs.

 

Teenagers yawn

with the gulls

and wake

with sand

under nails

and fire

on their breath

burning

warm nugs

of weed

into beach air

perfume.

 

I love the smell

of the ocean.

(Originally published by Boston Poetry Magazine.)