Poem: Chasing the Sunset Down the Coast

So we chased the sunset down the coast 

Out the starboard side was a magenta blaze 

That refused to be extinguished 

Out the port side it was dark plain and simple

But over the cold Atlantic it was always

Twilight the best of both worlds unceasing

So this is what heaven is like I thought

But then we began our final descent

And for a while a decent interval anyway 

There was a glowing gray out both sides and

Then it was black until the raw geometry

Of the city showed itself and the red tail lights

Were stacked up tight North and South and I 

Was grateful that was someone else’s hell

M. Bogey

December 2023