Flotsam

Landed on the wind-swept shore a chip---a splinter---maybe more, small piece of wood in the surf rubbing against the salt-sand turf. A sliver from sunken battleship, now an underwater sonar blip? Cruise ship chair that came apart, lost by a deck hand not so smart? Splintered mast from racing yacht, port arrival most probably naught? She picked it up and rubbed it clean, carried it along the ocean scene, walked on the dock, gulls did flee, and threw it into the white-capped sea.