Flasback Friday: Santa Monica

Santa Monica originally appeared one year ago 2-11-04.

Santa Monica

waves
roll over
coral reefs
skeletons appear
remnants
of ancient armadas
cannons
without powder
no longer shout
at the sky
hermit crabs
scurry through seaweed
rusted sabers
pointing toward
an empty chest
shadow creatures
from centuries past
pirates and cutthroats
ruled the sea
mermaids moaned and
mourned the season
the sun
shared a dance
with the harvest moon
lost souls
were enraptured
by the sirens song
come to us
they cry
love us
they lie
for the moonlight
exposed them
for what they were
bleached out
sea hags
mourning the loss
of the last
bottle
of peroxide