Afternoon on the Palisades

Afternoon on the Palisades.
In the sun, flat walls and
faceted whites.
Glare, glitter and metal,
The frame of a dark wet window,
The nostalgia.
The long straight avenue to the sea
Bends slightly a broad open way,
And the cards steram down to the end.
Gardens of bright color run by,
Mauve, rust, saffron, olive.
Blue triangles of sky seen through windows
over the edges of roofs.
That delicate cloudy color of a good day.
All the lightness and the air.
The cast images on Glass
of unknown figures passing by,
Their worlds held within.


Finn de Wyet (aka Joyce Thomsen), circa 1962