Santa Monica Canyon
by Eve Louise MakoffA Chuppah tunnel
on Sycamore Road
where branches swirl like bony cyclones
tween bodies hunch
dragging on fragrant leaves wrapped in papers
Tony with his Cheshire smile
twisted ends held by girls with straight hair cascading down their backs
like a wedding of initiation we pass through this threshold together
holding hands as the sun splashes gold into the shining Pacific
just down the road lapping on our sandy spots
waiting for our young bodies to dive in
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Eve Louise Makoff is an internal medicine and palliative care physician and a writer.
I also hike in the Santa Monica Mountains and know exactly what you mean about the branches forming a Chuppah tunnel. What a great way to describe it.
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