Taking Interest Poem by Martin Lochner

Taking interest
a couple with Bermudas and moccasins
describes the beauty with disinterest
painting the ocean and the sky
with references of vogue sunny blue

The waiter in brilliant white served wine
and was etched against the cloudless, glimmering blue
describing in stylish disinterest
the preparation of blue succulent oyster

the couple missing each other’s eyes and smiles
was laughing with a breezy indifference
as the high tide was rising
and the clouds pulled in from the mountain

The waves thundered, crashing
into blue, mute blocks of rock
the sky turned black as the tossing sea

He said something in the noise
that made her cry
shyly looking around he saw me
taking interest