sand

waves lap

at demure oyster shells

foaming over imprints of

sandals in the sand,

a family of footsteps

four pairs

below a rainbow umbrella,

two smaller wiping a mess

of yellow dust, rivulets

dripping with laughter:

a crow

of guffaws among seagulls

and tortoises, green basking

in palm trees where we

swung on hammocks

lost in the shade and

i remember the burning sand, a

pleasant heat between my toes