What I Wish I Hadn’t Found on the Beach
vape pen, sunglasses
with broken stems, shopping bag
blown across the sand,
random wave-tossed bits of trash,
plastic presence of people
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a sad reckoning
A rather damning indictment of what we leave behind.
Strong tanka, Chelsie!
Powerful and sad.
Thank you, Chelsie.
I guess…
treasures are carried
in pockets, but trash is
discarded; left behind
for others to find.