Californian skies

i wonder what other people think of California,
if it's all longboards and ocean waves,
cut-off shorts and wavy locks and beach bums,
bonfires and smokes and alcohol and skinny-dips amongst the ocean tides.

it's really only blazing sun,
burning heat and lack of clothing
sweat dripping down and throat always dry,
chapped lips and dark rooms and oppressive heat and smothered people.