Greg Costello - Seaside Scene

The selfish sun beckons bodies beach-side.

Parties of people decamp, floating towels onto their chosen patch.

Toddlers transfixed by the sea, trip over togs in anticipation.

Swimmers squeal as they tiptoe their way to the required depth, others bound with looping legs in an attempt to ignore the tide's temperature.

Waves crash and bang, as bare-chested builders carefully decide where sandcastles won't subside.

Sunbathers bask to the intermittent shushing of sun-sprays, as parasols protect the fairer kind.

Magnums are munched and ice-cream cones rotated on outstretched tongues, conscientiously saving the sand bound drips.

Children clutch kite-strings, whilst letting too their laughter soar on the salted air.

Eventually evening intervenes and forces the sun to relinquish its solar grip.

Greg Costello

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