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On the Beach
Robert Walton

Pigeons mince and strut
Like Oliver Hardy in a huff
As Day-glow-lime-lycra-wrapped
Buttocks bounce,
Bob-jogging down sands,
Sahara white.
Both birds and bikini girl are
Impervious to all
But their own business.
Waves’ ends,
Foam and meek bubbles,
Slide over their footprints,
Erasing all traces,
Before sucking back
As the next wave
Exhales.

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Robert Walton’s novella Vienna Station won the Galaxy prize and was published as an e-book. His “Dogwood Dream” won the 2011 New Millennium short fiction contest and was subsequently published by Steel Toe Journal. His novel Dawn Drums won both the Tony Hillerman best fiction award and first place in the Arizona Authors 2014 competition. Last year, his “Sockdologizer” won the Saturday Writers YA fiction contest.

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