On the hot sand

Seeking the water

the porridge on the margin

the thick wet sand, slogging

on the edge of the water

The squeak before, 

each step on the shoreline

my feet swollen, pumiced,

almost callused

walking on the hot sand

in the middle of August

new poem May 6, 2013

“On the hot sand”

about East Beach, Chappaquiddick,

Wallis Sands in Rye, NH and

Hilton Head Island

drafted in response to the following

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Edited May 6, 2013

“In the Wet Wood – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-wet-wood-v3.html

edited at Poets Corner

Suncook Senior Center

May 6, 2013

&

August 6, 2007 19:30

“In the Wet Wood – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-wet-wood.html

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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