There are mermaids
in the corners of my eyes,
whistles fill my mouth,
the shouts of ruddy young things
are just behind my head:
turning quickly;
but they are gone, like snow melts of the past, - .
In the meantime, walking beaches,
sand feels the same under foot
as it did fifty years ago.
© 2010 Charlotte Merrill Jensen
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