
a glance back; these depressions linger,
dimples long after detail has been lost;
you think: "you can tell i've crossed this expanse;
one's path stretches back
intermingled alongside those who've strolled-over
this very patch of sand";
(though they're no longer here; "i can tell they were--
some were couples; lock step, arm-in-arm,
perhaps holding hands;
others--
joggers;
athletes with mission who've carved deeper;
thuds of heel or ball or sole as they trotted past--
those will linger but not that much longer;
for all's relative after all");
"some-- with a favorite pet--
a dalmatian, a lab, a hound;
others still, held children by the hand
as they shuffled about:
a few carried a child part way,
then let him walk alongside,
perhaps the child ran-off toward the sea;
scurried back, chased by an incoming wave
somewhat frightened";
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