<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on Reenroe Beach: late for a cleanup<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of blinding blue rope, blaze-orange nurdle; <\/p>\n\n\n\n
mauve pebbles, sprawl-stunned and ravaged <\/p>\n\n\n\n
beneath dusk\u2019s grim-reaping firmament, greyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a couple in tryst tandem carry a gentle giant\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like a shoulder-to-shorter-shoulder lifeline <\/p>\n\n\n\n
as if their nesting comforts depended on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dwarfed by the decay-decimated immensity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yet unburdened by its wooden splendour\u2019s weight, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
they manoeuvre the oak might into the grip <\/p>\n\n\n\n
of their four-wheeler trunk, wide-open;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then swaddle it like a wanted firstborn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
silent wide-eyed waiting for the woollen journey back <\/p>\n\n\n\n
to the heaving hearth of home, reclaimed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by lit ingleside. life in two quietly drifts by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
kindling companions in the shrink and swell of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
putting out fires, watching embers die out, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
tide turning till washed-up ash do them part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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