Sand fish
drawn with a stick
by a neighborhood kid
at the public beach
on a gray muggy morning.
So grand in size
that its dorsal fin is being lapped at
by boat wakes,
its face is partly smudged off
by an out-of-bounds volley ball,
its tail appropriated to build a castle moat.
Sand fish’s
zig-zag scales
pock with rain drops
as the afternoon drizzles.
Sand fish
gradually washes away,
making room for
the next neighbor kid’s
masterpiece with a stick.
LakeTown, USA 