Poem: "Quiet, please"
Quiet, please—
the beach is turning over to sleep, drawing up
to its shoulders the slipping blanket of the sea.
The old Ferris wheel is slowing to a final stop,
its wooden cars empty. The stands are closing.
On the pier, extended like a promise, the lines
are reeled back to their hollow round casings.
The patrol boat is circling an invisible crater
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxas if a man is drowning.
the beach is turning over to sleep, drawing up
to its shoulders the slipping blanket of the sea.
The old Ferris wheel is slowing to a final stop,
its wooden cars empty. The stands are closing.
On the pier, extended like a promise, the lines
are reeled back to their hollow round casings.
The patrol boat is circling an invisible crater
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxas if a man is drowning.
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