boardwalk unrolls
splintering gray runner
mouths gape to
accept wads of
cotton candy
crises of disallowed
ice cream cones
headlined in bold
angry cries spread
on shrinking towels
hot oiled bodies
brown and pink
planks scuffed and
polished by decades
among hats and
sandals purchased
at damp gritty shops
above the vast blue
sky stark as a faded
polaroid picture in
a shell-encrusted frame
light tang of salt on
the air shimmering
as far as the eye can see
(c) 2014, by Hannah Six
(photo: by Arabsalam, Wikipedia Commons)
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