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Land’s Edge

March 21, 2021 by Michael Guerin

The moon hangs low
over Pass-a-Grille Beach.

Tourists crowd the few bars
still open, their laughter

carried on a cool breeze
mixing with the hush

of gentle surf raking
across bone-white sand.

After eight this place
rolls a different vibe

as sun-burned fishermen
cast out nets, their wives

in cotton dresses
and barefoot children

lugging heavy buckets
with the night’s catch.

Beneath a full moon
the dank smell of weed

blurs a thousand stars
dotting the night sky

as the placid, black
waters of the gulf

carry my idle thoughts
beyond an empty horizon

while I stand on land’s
edge, lost in a dream.

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writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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