Coney Island Summers

Careening clouds in honey colored skies
collide with city skylines and biting stars.
Destroying fire burns away the prize
of springtime’s fertile fruiting fields. Guitars
sing out with subway squeals to serenade
the sticky summer sun. When evening hits
and Times Square comes awake, when Broadway plays
and Wall Street calms from banker’s trading blitz,
committed vendors fuel the night commute.
The lights of Coney Island start to dance
and all the squalling seagulls start to mute
as different flocks begin to take their chance
at all the games and boardwalk types of fun
when New York summer says farewell to sun.