BY THE SEA 1970

A BOY AND GIRL AT A BASE CAMP NEAR TANGIERS IN 1970

Just outside
of Tangiers
Miriam

and I sit
at a bar
at base camp

sipping Coke
chewing on
French bread

sandwiches
she's dressed in
a white blouse

and red shorts
and sandals
her toenails

are painted
a deep red
who are you

sharing with
in the tent?
she asks me

I'm with Bill
he's ok
a good laugh

I reply
who's with you?
the plump girl

she's ok
but I wish
it was you

she replies
I guess she
wouldn't want

you coming
on to her
I don't know

I hope not
Miriam
says to me

she giggles
in her Coke
bubbles come

some old guy
an Arab
plays guitar

by the wall
there's a smell
of hashish

and bodies
I try not
let my mind

imagine
Miriam
and the plump

dame having
any form
of hot sex

but I did
remember
Miriam

having sex
on the beach
(some sand dune)

with young me
listening
to the sound

of her moans
and deep swells
of the sea.