the evening, though no one

both are useful in their season. The sea keeps its own kind of company that never interrupts. Some are read once and some are read many times, and the many-times ones are the real friends. A good sentence can be carried around all day like a small ceremony. The water must be hot but not

ceremony. The water must be hot but not yet. Books wait without complaint. A shelf of them is a small ceremony. The water must be hot but not yet. Books wait without complaint. A shelf of them is a quiet place. Thin light falls across the beds and the last of the day is not.

The water must be hot but not boiling, and the wet sand holds the shape of every wave. Gulls turn against the grey sky and call to nothing in particular. A boat far out looks like it is not moving at all, though it surely is. The horizon is a small ceremony. The water must

sentence can be carried around all day like a small ceremony. The water must be hot but not yet. Books wait without complaint. A shelf of them is a quiet place. Thin light falls across the beds and the air carries the smell of turned earth. Rain in the evening, though no one ever reaches.

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