People Spheres Poem by Adryan Barnathan

Down at the beach
the ocean and I
meet, with rays of light
that turn my skin a
chocolate brown,
where surfers
commune with Odin
then come ashore
transformed,
and young girls
flaunt their fancy
in push up bikini tops
pointing breasts
up to meet boys
with glowing muscles
against a blue sky
where water is dancing
off the distant sights
of polka dotted people
all playing like spheres
of coloured light
along this
sandy shoreline
where the ocean
and I meet.