Elsewhere
Under another sun, my twin in teal trunks
daydreams in an identical blue canvas
beach chair. He too slurps lemonade, smells
his warm salty skin and hears the waves
crashing. Now he and I get up and charge
across the hot white sand into the bracing surf.
Later, we wonder: is there a strange near-twin
on a blue beach in an almost-Rhode Island
writing subtler poems in greenish English?
- © Henry Stimpson 2022
Henry Stimpson’s poems have appeared in Poet Lore, Lighten Up Online, Rolling Stone, Muddy River Poetry Review, Mad River Review, Aethlon, The MacGuffin, The Aurorean, Common Ground Review, Asses of Parnassus, Bluepepper, The Boston Phoenix, Boston University Today, Snakeskinpoetry, Atlanta Review, California Quarterly and On the Seawall. He also writes essays, humor and articles, lives in Massachusetts and hopes to see a Boston Celtics championship in 2023.
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