One moonless night the ea is black.Ships sail upon it and shine thier lights throught the double blackness of water and air.The darkness swallows up light a like a great yawning snake.On the beach people walk,looking out to sea,but there is no sigh of ships,no sigh of drowning sailors,no sigh of anything living or dead,only continual rushing and ebbing of water sucking and sucking at the shoreline,drawing the innocent,foolish lovers out a little farther.They laugh unafraid,showing eachother their courage.They laugh,pointing to the water.No one can hear them.They slip off their clothes and wade...
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