Tuesday, 3 November 2020

the beach (4)

squeals of children

who stagger and roll

as if the ocean has entered within them

sets them tumbling into paradise

 

old bodies sit, stand, soak feet

at the edge

let waves and squeals

merge

into the first creatures

that ever ventured onto land

 

lungs to burst

eyes avoid the sand

old tongues lick

salt off old lips

and lose words to the sound

of squeals still held within –

 

let loose perhaps

if all is well

at the moment of death.


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