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Beyond the long days

Beyond the long days

Posted on September 22, 2018April 27, 2019Author maralucien_k4a7skPosted in Poetry

Beyond the long days and the heat of crowds
The loud vulgarities and grating screech
Of dead weight sulking on the laden beach
Past all that, nothing knowing, proudly sneers:

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