A cool breeze and cloudy skies
Little toes covered in sand
Pink sunshined cheeks and pony tails
Wet pant legs
Sand castles
No Sweetheart, we can’t take the kelp home to show your friends.
Yeah, we can pack up a few rocks.
Hurry, the water is coming in.
Build the wall higher
Dig the moat deeper.
Get some rocks. We’ll build a wall.
We can stop the ocean.
I really think we can.
There goes the front wall
The moat is all full
Next time we start back farther.
And maybe build the wall as a V
And dig a river to take the water around
Why don’t we get some lumber and…
MOM! Does California have a Home Depot like we do in America?
…and a shovel. No! a bulldozer…
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