Tide Ride

a little swell
a splash and crash
a whimper
that's all

same stuff peddled
angst and nothing
when all's done
it's a big whole void

wind blowing between eyes
squinting at letters
jumbled abbreviations
swotted years for those

same old tepid liquid
left in dirty mugs
crumbled cookies
who cared anymore

reading tea leaves
thinking of magic wands
to return them all
to nowhere land.