The Harvest
Flocks of razor-beaked gulls
skim the beach.
It is the birthing time.
Baby turtles flap flippers
as they try to swim on sand.
The sun glares and pins -
down this struggle for life
with a burning indifference,
as hunger fulfills its promise.
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