 | Long Beach Flotsam |
I walked along the shore in Long Beach,
California,
watching the sandpipers probe
the edge of the water for edible debris
when I came upon a find of my own.
The remains of a bright yellow gallon jug
of some kind of spray or oil,
for keeping insects out of a kitchen
or lubricating a car,
had been abandoned,
washed out
into the ocean,
then cast back upon the shore,
made fragile by the sun,
its bottom and sides broken away.
The cap was still in place,
with the words: Inner Quality Seal.
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