Cali

Bumpy

Prickly

Orangina sweet

Dry 

Stark 

Desert retreat

Brisk

Soft

An endless walk on the sand

We’re so clever

We all run to the edge —

We slapped up a shingle and created a plan

My mouth is parched from your dry red wine

my eyes sear visions of utopia, it’s a mirage

Red rover, red rover, send beauty over

The hot dogs on the beach are in natural casings 

First came the people

then came the cars

then arrived the people in even bigger autos

Automatic and coin operated

Its California baby

Hot

Dusty

Painfully self-absorbed