Tonight’s Sunset

Tonight the sun set over the ocean like a slice of big bright red cherry pie, juices flowing and spreading across the horizon.

Across the way, the moon shone full and silver in a melting Japanese blue sky.

Both were streaked with clouds--

Yellow-gold for the moon,

Peach and blue and pink and gray for the ocean.

A tall Torrey Pine split the moon shimmering through the dark spiky branches.

Both stood whole.

Dark clouds streaked above the ocean like smoke flowing sideways from a chimney.

The whole sky like one big “on the other hand.”