33°59'46.8"N 118°28'40.5"W
accompanied listening - Remember the sea - Ocoeur
かつて消防署だった佇まいは
この配色に
朝8時の光の差し方にまで考えをめぐらせたかどうか
艶やかで
ふくよかで
心地良い
昨夜の喧騒はどこへとやら
まだ二組しかいないこの店内から
ベニスビーチの
軒先を行き交う者は皆西へ
西へ西へと
微風のように
漂うのを
目の前にゆるく暖かく広がるパンケーキにバターを塗り、
なかなか出渋るシロップに
あのブロックの向こうの太平洋の
砂浜遥か高くから
望む、オンショア、
涼しく
空
旋回し
続けるカモメ
遥か海の彼方
夢見るカモメ
その翼に
飛び込む
風
The presence of what was once a firehouse—
Did someone think through this color scheme,
down to the exact way the 8:00 AM light falls inside?
Glossy,
rich,
deeply comfortable.
Where did last night's noise disappear to?
From inside this place, with only two tables occupied,
All passing the eaves of Venice Beach moves west—
west, and further west,
drifting like a gentle breeze.
Spreading butter over the warm, soft pancake relaxing before me,
and coaxing out the hesitant syrup.
Just beyond that block, high above the sandy beach
of the Pacific—
looking out over the onshore wind,
cool,
the sky,
a seagull circling
without end.
Far across the ocean’s horizon,
a dreaming seagull,
the wind
diving into its wings.