purple tinted blue

shiny silver three-legged

chairs cast the opposite of shadows

across too tall green grass

and through the gaps in

purple tinted glasses purchased

to make the world look and little happier

what i assume to be ants crawl up

and left and down shoulders and arms

little feet slowed by generously applied

spray on sunscreen wind blows

marlboro smoke into eyes so heavy the

burn would make a better man think about

quitting instead of laying here

cursing the sun and wind and whatever

crawls on shoulders under

purple tinted blue sky too big to

see the end of.