"The Hurled Ashtray"

I Could Bask


Cloudy day, man -- cloudy day.

Air so temperate, makes us

want to sit outside on folding chairs
with woven-nylon seats

and lemonade

under porch roof for
protection
from occasional gentle rain
showers
and

with one notebook
and one
pen
and one book of Nora Ephron essays
("Miami" -- "The Hurled Ashtray" -- "Baking Off" -- "Crazy Ladies, 1")

and a light jacket
for when it's breezy,

Basking in the
peace and security
which one can feel, in the
cozy
Enclosed-ness
of a

Cloudy day, man -- cloudy day.

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