Skater Girl & Board Boy

Poem #266 • One’s head matches the other’s feet

She was a skater
coming around in cut off shorts
high socks
red rollers
and a penchant for smiling against the ocean breeze

He had a board
flat shoes
dressed in nothing but black
though he rocked a red beanie

You might think they had nothing to share
but one’s head matches the other’s feet
all you have to do is fill in in-between

moving back and forth
flipping tricks
ending with a kiss and a smile against ocean breezes
it made this one stick

You see
when you move on an axel and can maneuver a bowl
slide around and do a bit of walking on air
there isn’t anything that’s lighter than hands on each other’s waist and a kiss
maybe even alley-ooping down the aisle
a swing like this
it doesn’t miss

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