the boaters

the boaters,
loud and wobbling,
near
drunk
trying to tie
their
line to
the pier.
looping it over
and over
again
with near
misses.
laughing, with
one hand
on a beer.
above
the seagulls
are low
and slow against
the pink
rails of sunset.
their white
wings soft
against
a warm summer
breeze.