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Patricia Wellingham-Jones USA
Good Hair Day
The woman notices him bent over up the beach looking for shells Stops to appreciate the view A tall man standing at the edge of the tide Shoes tossed to the dry sand pant legs turned up eyes intent on something at his bare feet With sloshing tread she approaches A surge of water steals sand from under their toes They totter, clutch and grab Laugh then laugh again Trousers get salty-wet They watch the sun slide beneath the sea In the white glow of the moon she enjoys his thick silvered hair Blowing in the off shore breeze her thinning gray-blonde strands lift like single bits of thread They pocket their shells exchange phone numbers depart with new treasures
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Copyright, Patricia Wellingham-Jones.
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Patricia
Wellingham-Jones, a former psychology researcher and writer/editor,
is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work is published in
numerous anthologies, journals, and Internet magazines, including