Iceplant growing up through the sand
beside the thawing shorefront
a labrador chases a tennisball
through the shallow surf
ancient twisting trees
shimmer with damp light
on the high beachhead
perfect separate clouds
far on all the horizon
empty periwinkle reflection
filling into violet
all the space behind the branches

A twin-engine turboprop
mailplane, drones in the distance
grows louder and ominous
blazes directly overhead
and away to the northeast