at the wedding
the bride's parents
hold hands

old graveyard
the smooth stones
warm in the sun

under dead leaves
a new crop of wild violets—
raking carefully

the setting sun—
houses light up
one by one

giftshop conch
roar of the sea
in just one ear

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