When you’re home next time
       Walk along the prom

Make it midwinter
       When gales make you brave

You storm gambler, you
       Blasted with night’s brine

Each time it recedes
       Take a quick wild breath

See us on the beach
       Your father and I

Long enough to wave
       Feel the sand again

Stare the tempest out
       As long as you dare


by Mark Russell

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