he pointed out the window
and said "the ocean is out there"
over the roof-curled smog past the
changing streetlights past the
fog past the
couples breaking up past the
kids riding plastic trucks past the
students scribbling late homework past the
crayons and wax past the
screaming voices past the
whispers to no one past
last week past
light pollution past
the marine layer past
the horizon past
blue skies
the ocean is out there
he pointed out the window