A Curve of Beach
after Yuyutsu Sharma
you might imagine yourself
standing at a desk, looking through an open window
and across a porch at a curve of beach,
blue water north to the horizon
that house, the one with the desk
empty for months, silent
not even ghosts,
the whole place’ll fall tomorrow.
Chuck Joy is former poet laureate of the Erie County. He has published several poetry collections including Said the Growling Dog (Nirala).
