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FLORA SMITH

                               Reflections at Coral Bay

I am that mirrored place

between water and sand,

sculpted by the lapping paws

of small morning waves.

The sea throws back

the day’s shade of sky,

as I sit in dunes

shuffling lines on a page.

 

I am reflective glass

between seafoam

and tideline.

I watch the day’s footprints,

interpret rainbow lines

and peer into rockpools,

like some old seer

reading auguries.

 

He dealt in entrails;

I sift sea and shoreline,

struggle over

words

and sand-dunes,

trying to predict

publication.