Aubade 11

Let there be a firmament.

Let there be a division

between the night sweats

and the day sweats.

Let there be a watchman.

Let there be a fail-safe.

Coastal Henry on holiday

during the balmy months

of carefree summer.

Henry eating ice cream

while watching some swimmers

struggle against the encroaching tide.

A diorama of freedom forever frozen

in a soon-to-be-cherished memory.

Beyond the postcard landscape,

lies a squat university

filled to the brim

with paperwork.