Smoking On The Beach

The sea is a non descriptive shade
of smudged carbon hinting green
as dismal a watercolor as the Atlantic is
the grey of weather lays heavy on us

Except for the the blue kite flapping above
except for the brown sand surrounding  us
everything is essentially clueless

In this state of passing absence
a man on a dune takes in the impending rain
he smokes a Camel, a brand whose slogan was
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel."

Smoking on the beach against the drizzle,
the cigarette sputters and one is left to wonder
the lengths people go to find relief