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| October 01, 2001 | Spires, Elizabeth | COPYRIGHT 2001 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
   Today, wave upon wave, 
   memories wash up 
   on the bracken-covered beach. 
 
   I walk the tideline, 
   picking and choosing, 
   making the worthless precious. 
 
   Stone, shell, carapace, 
   I put this one and that one 
   into my pocket. 
 
   What was ignored, passed over, 
   what nobody else wanted, 
   I will place among the curios, 
 
   discrete, exposed to 
   light's radiance. See how 
   they glimmer and shine. 
 
   Closer, come closer, and you 
   will smell ...

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