The beach

Jan 14, 2025

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I want to go to the beach today – to my beach.

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I want some normality, a bit of ‘back to reality,’

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But the sun sparkles off metal roofs;

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Glinting scales on a dragon’s back.

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Cars and caravans curl around the coast;

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Hoarding it like stolen gold.

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And so I crawl past quietly,

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Leaving it to those fo…

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