Three old women and one old man
stand watching the tugboat with 7 tyres lined along its port side
starkly black against peeling paint of red
cutting the currents
while the gulls bob and roll on soft ripples;
the man leans towards his wife
gestures to the dolphins sliding through the breakwaters;
she stays close
the other two liaising on the outside

October 2004

Penny Hemans

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