a lowering of the light, but not contrast;
an increase there, and fresher;
a stronger wind, and cooler;
easier to see; less easy to stand still
enhanced edges on each wave -
diluted white over each drabbed rolling colour,
red with much green becoming
green becoming
blue with persistent reddening
but a finger nail below the sky chalked blue
where the sea is shallow,
one line, a sudden yellow
where it becomes beach sand
frayed the other way in a deeper blue -
the concertina-ed miles of Irish Sea
beyond my scope or interest today
Inshore it's all froth
where rock and concrete break the lunar flow
tourists in overcoats ashore
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