Download As the sun sets tonight

How does your sun?
In Alison Holst’s sunset
the sea creams like butter
wind serrates the shallows
on the earth’s warm crust
For Daniel Vettori, the sun
dips over a shimmering pitch
knocks out distant island stumps
spins on towards the clouds
As the sun sets for Mel Gibson
Barocca slips into blue Tequila
fizzes like a wave retreating
the night devoid of stars
My sun is a broken speed limit
cycling down Paekakariki Hill
a red disc burning up the town
plunging into the rapturous sea