old men

old men
rolling cigarettes
down by the water
sipping on
bagged cans
of beer,
tossing bread
to the gulls
with yellowed
wings and the
burrowed grey
rats in the grey
rocks peeking out
with long tails
and jittery whiskers
patient with their
hunger.
all wanting
the same thing,
over and over.
each day like
the next.