Crests

With a sigh the elevators begin to rise

in high blocks delicate as porcelain.

It will be a hot day out on the asphalt.

The traffic signs have drooping eyelids.

The land a steep slope to the sky.

Crest after crest, no proper shadow.

We hunt for You, flying

through the summer in cinemascope.

And in the evening I lie like a ship

with lights out, just at the right distance

from reality, while the crew

swarms in the parks ashore.