remembered shores

what frigate bird and pelican can see

far over water they have yet to tell

so we must put up with that oily smell

and other facts that do not well agree

with ease and comfort still by this warm sea

it is so simple to ignore the yell

just keep the eye on that hypnotic swell

thinking that it is right to let things be

in other places the cold presses hard

on other faces and the nights so long

while city noise forces folk to the bars

then there is longing for the warmth of yard

brightness of seas the comfortable song

and in the night the many lovely stars