. . . . (Puget Sound)
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And it rolls out another for you –
one slow buckling wave
serves up cold soupy sea
bearing armor of chiton
and mussel shell blue,
with twists of driftwood
and layers of foam,
crab legs and agates
in dustings of gold.
Now toppling, it rattles
kaleidoscope rocks,
then undulates kelp
in sea-weeding sway
and as barnacles open
to taste the high tide
it rolls out another for you.
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© 1993 Betty Hayes Albright
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