ON THE BEACH

Photo by S. Auberle

five Monarchs
one Mourning Cloak

elegant terns
on the wing

three white
German Shepherds

Maya, Beau
and Cirrus--like

the clouds
owner says

one fish skeleton
alewives

lovers
smokers

Frisbee tossers
green smelly stuff

corpse of cormorant
and gull

fly-covered bodies
buzzing

in the heat
invasive zebra

mussel shells
under bare feet

ouch