Plum Island in August

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

Sea foam collects
on the beach in ragged bands
like tree rings
telling you how long
the day has been.

Vacant homes bleach
in the sun, held down
by gill nets
and two hundred thousand years
of limestone.

In the middle of it all,
a rotting water bottle
wears a pink ribbon,
all dressed up for the ball,
watching seagulls

with their three toes
waltz in time, constantly calling
for an absent waiter
to come around
and refill the drinks.

© Trapper Markelz 2020

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