Ablaze in its dying
the sun sank ever closer
to the water’s edge
fire on the surface of the bay
spreading outward from shore
lengthening as the day
fell toward night
Piloted toward the dying light
we made for landfall
and home
July 30, 2007 15:10
Portland, ME, July 24, 2007
(Raymond A. Foss)
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