Nigel Ford
They Washed, Struggling And Spluttering
up onto the shore at high tide and stayed
when the ebb left them, retracted the offer.
Some kind of extra sacrifice amongst the debris.
Some kind of tribute from Neptune to
whoever it was.
They stayed on betwen the alternations
of the sun and moon as the days fled by
since there would not be as high a tide again
until next year.
White as the underbellies of fish.
Two women and one man. Homo Sapiens.
Stranded.
when the ebb left them, retracted the offer.
Some kind of extra sacrifice amongst the debris.
Some kind of tribute from Neptune to
whoever it was.
They stayed on betwen the alternations
of the sun and moon as the days fled by
since there would not be as high a tide again
until next year.
White as the underbellies of fish.
Two women and one man. Homo Sapiens.
Stranded.
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