To the beach

How long must I dream
To Helen


Above the strip of beach a full moon
Skewers the Northern sky,
Just beyond the city's phosphorescent
Fingers of light.

From the cabin behind the dunes
Roy Orbison's soul is making
The silver darkness shiver & gleam.
His sweet grieving song mingles
In the grumbling tide.

On the edge of the water
Where the sand is firm an old man
In a suit with no shoes dances
A foxtrot alone.
As the tide draws & drags his feet
He places his hands where his partner's
Hips would be & hold her steady & firm
For one long gentle kiss


- Rae Desmond Jones

from 'Blow Out' Island 2009

All images above are via Aquabumps, which is an amazing website, the photographer is an astonishingly talented man Eugene Tan. We will be putting it on our list to visit the actual gallery in Bondi Beach while we are there. Truly incredible.