Cocoa Beach
it's beautiful here
lemon sunlight and
slow breezes
i had coffee in bed for the first time in a year
that was nice
then i checked the socials to discover
it’s shain’s and bobby’s birthday
two good men
with soulful fingers
and ears tuned to satellites
i posted about shain being with CAL since the 70s
and everyone started messaging me about my math and how that doesn’t add up
i realized that people don’t get me
or my sense of humour
that ripples into other parts of my life
i’ve been spending a lot of time with eric and his wife cindy
eric has all these fantastic stories about growing up in this unique part of america
i’m going to steal them and write a story!
he’s okay with that
cindy asked me if i had screamed at the ocean lately
so this morning i swam out far
and raged a bit
where’s my son?
why?
salty tears and a return to the beach
cocoa beach is frill free
families come here to lounge in the sand
and play in the surf
kids everywhere
from all the different soups
it’s beautiful
and it works
some old guy on one of those fat tired bikes blasting a jeff beck cut from blow by blow
balls going missing
hovering birds
i don’t want to leave
then a rocket launch
just a couple miles away
a spark of brilliant orange and yellow
thunder
someone is going to space
the best we can do
the summit of our humanity
having nasa so close is
affirming
human beings are going to be okay
tomorrow i travel south to vero
and then to the keys
where i’ll be playing guitar on the CCR show
outdoors
i’m unsure of when i’ll return to toronto
jackson’s with a new puppy
ian’s at the house creating
my mum is cared for
i’m starting to feel the string unwind
time to spin free
craig
april 7, 2021
starbucks coffee and scone
