the sea sucks to the leeward side

a subconscious urge

a gut-tug

　

saving lives is automated now

with gravely klaxons bleeping

red buggies on the beach

loudspeaker warnings

and a jet ski throbbing

　

such a tiny strip of sand

is safe

like one inch marked

on a ruler

 

we all start here in the safety zone

then slowly we get dragged across

seduced by the rip

 

as we begin, womb-tied

yet some are swept away

a few sucked under

and gone from view

lost to sight

around the monumental headland

 

 

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