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Poetry: The beach

When I was six my grandmother
brought me to the beach to explore.
We packed wet sand in a pink plastic bucket
and sculpted a sand castle fit for King Solomon.
It had turrets, and a drawbridge, and seashell
tapestries.
A moat with driftwood alligators defended it
from rolling waves.
When we left it was still there, toothpick flags
waving in the fishy air.

And as I think back,
part of me believes
it's there still;
that it was never reclaimed by the tide.

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