San Diego and Matisse
1. INSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A TREE
Beautiful women in smoky blue culottes
lying around on fluffy pink pillows
beneath windows onto charming views,
sea views, seasonal leaves and trees.
Inside is outside and outside inside.
Smell of saltwater swimming in the room.
2. OUTSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ROCKING CHAIR
Shadow of lighthouse along the beach.
Whales spotted every day lately
though winter’s two months yet.
The evening is as warm as an interior.
Silverlight lagoonlight, snorkeling light.
And a line of joggers against last light.
Blue smoke snaking up the pink sky.
Copyright Credit: “San Diego and Matisse” by Clarence Major from WAITING FOR SWEET BETTY. Copyright © 2002 by Major Clarence. Used by permission of Copper Canyon Press.
Source: Waiting for Sweet Betty (Copper Canyon Press, 2002)