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Seaside Tales

Christian Ward

I

A family of newspaper hats
burns as the pier melts
under the sea.

Gulls cry a eulogy
as her frame is buried
by swirling currents.

II

A fragment of a tabloid
lies buried in sand
next to broken glass.

Feet cut on its words
but the glass has already
been blunted.

III

Candy floss twirls like ’50s
models. Toffee apples shiny
as lip gloss twinkle under
the morning sun.

Somewhere at the other end
of the pier, a man is considering
imitating Daedalus.

Only the sea will be waiting
to catch him.

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