dog days of summer

summertime fish jumping
they are high on cotton
cotton’s high in field

yankees to the shore
southerners flee to beaches
where the air is clean

pesticides in pond
four eyes fish trying to escape
smoke from haystack

dogs jump in car
bringing only towel and bone
forgetting sunscreen

hound chow their puppy
barking at every mail truck
passing subaru

eventually arriving
Lee’s Inlet Kitchen
hush puppy dinner

Wing’s Duncan shopping
shelling out shells for sunscreen
walk along beach

first stop salt water
pond where mullet jump for joy
chasing duck warm up

frisbee on warm sand
cooling off sea, shaking dry
barking at seagulls

back to their condo
egg salad sandwich lunch
peanut butter bones

dreaming of dinner
along the way to the beach
barking at mailman

beer steamed hot dogs Lums
one time owner Caesar’s Palace
sixty million

dining Lums a dream
nebraska massachesetts
only two exist

hitching Drunken Jack’s
hush puppies honey butter
vegan sole filet

strawberry daiquiri
watch fishing boats through window
coquille st jacques

tiny sea silhouette shadowing

we’re eating while
duck paddling today just throw
the bread hold the chatter

seven duck chorus line
and one turtle pops his head
up end of line

just like dancing school
he knows he’s the shortest
thinking he’s a duckling

they live together
turtle mullet ducks on top
pond by tranquil sea

pierre chasing you
halfway ocean for baguette
gambling debt also

quacking believers
bakery resides at sea
coming back for more

saving sufficient
or you will have dirty looks
shadows following

and then the sign says
duck crossing crossing ducks
never cross a duck

bridge over the ocean’s creek

cheerleading camp
band formation schools of fish
choreography
.
practicing flashes
who’s on top who pays under
pyramid schemes
.
leader starts cheer
promising fish free dinner
making a straight line
.
they go left then right
never getting anywhere
form circle of trust
.
no such pyramid
leader will lose his life
larger shark waiting
`
Thrift Shop
Macklemore :

” twenty dollars in
my pocket ” “a cold ass
honkey ” “this is awesome ”

” i call that getting
swindled and pimped
those flannel zebra jammies “

dolphin, sunny and 76

~
i was closing in
three ducks walk up diving board
said i’m sorry

i have no bread now
they walk back down the ramp
despising my guts.
.

if i had a nickel
for every time my husband said
don’t stand still

stay in the car don’t
stand still they got me today
wasn’t standing still.

(red ant)
~

(way way way out thinking / i’m not batman)

master waist deep throws
ball way out to sea dog swims
over waves fetching

wearing red leash
ready to help dog ,punch man
spot fins behind dog

five dolphin playing
spinning around dolphin flashes
want to play too

ocean a gorgeous blue
mullet pirouette
dolphin demi plie .
~
two men and their partial
haiku :
.
Testing the Water
.

i step into pool
man says “it’s only cool
to the touch” funny guy.

Walking on Beach
.

“you live here don’t you?
every time i come
keep up the good work” okay.

saturday jellyfish shuffle

push him to the left
when ocean covers his head
he floats back to sand
`
under the boardwalk
down by the sea gay mullet
jumping in schools.

deviled crab running
underneath on bottom
giant pink jellyfish.

floating against grass
guy says “look at that toad fish”
silly it’s a crab.
`
(At Sea)
six tiny nibbling fish
dining on the bad fate
one used as bait.

dining sounds sweet
but really i stop myself
from saying this:

sociopath six
and the horrible fisherman
who killed him.

but i knew the man
tis october where is he
look up he’s waving.

why can’t you use
a bang -o -lure or rapalla
be a good sport.
`

Beach Boys/ Under The Boardwalk:

“I’ll Love You right there
In the Sand under the Boardwalk
Down by the Sea”.

“As the Sun goes Down
We’ll Take a walk along the Strand
I want to go”.

“On a blanket
With my baby that’s where I’ll be
Under the Boardwalk”.

dolphin jazz

saxophone stops
that’s not country music
chef proposes

have some chicken
it’s vegetarian
“this out to gamecocks.

georgia on my mind”
vegetarian chicken
you guys crack me up.

“this song is called Sugar
Sugar is hard
and so am i”.

mullet are jumping
seriously liking song
much more than i do.

where did all the jazz go?
cartwheels around mullet
DOLPHIN ARE JUMPING!

undulating beams
watching dazzling creatures
twenty feet high.
“ `
“Kokomo” The Beach Boys

“We’ll Go Out to Sea
We’ll PERFECT our CHEMISTRY
Defy Gravity”

“Bodies in the SAND
We’ll Be Falling In Love
Down in Kokomo”.
` ` `
(quotes are actual
haiku comments from
saxophone player .
my Mother and my Sister
are Georgia Bulldogs
i’m a paladin.
no one knows what
that is but it’s purple
like the pill nexium).