Sky, Sea, Beach

Sky sinks a shaft of light into the sea No-one else on the beach Apparently notices. A tug-haired toddler pats a bucket of sand Hammering home the obvious, Upended like a duckling, Pink polka dots on her tights, Spread like cake mix Dropped in a warm pan Across her two small buttocks. The firmament continues to descend. A herring gull sails grimly through the clouds Like a cargo boat from Orkney Laden with sheep. The sky continues to pour A linn of light down from a Heavenly fissure. Waves rush to my feet, Thick with the silt of stars. A greyhound, skin and bones, Lollops onto the surf Shaking the spray from its flanks Like a shattered rainbow.