MYRTLE BEACH
Part One: 1944
Sunlight on broad strand,
Incoming tide: cousins wade
Unaware of war.
Part Two: 1958
College beach weekend:
Hot drive home, awful headache,
Wet bread on the floor.
Part Three: 2008
Ninth-floor oceanfront
Condos for sale:
Motel rooms in perpetuity.
Tuesday morning:
By the sofa,
Philip’s goggles, left behind,
Other people’s grandchildren
On the beach.
The receding tide
Sucks sand from under your feet:
Time slipping away