Entradas con "Translation" disponen de versión castellana.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Dip

Six p.m. Eighty-five degrees when I hit the beach. I bob like a lobster bouy. Watch clouds redden. Plan dinner. The cormorants, perched in tiers on the rocks, keep sending out scouts. Damned seagulls circle above me. I know what they’re thinking.

  

35 comments:

  1. I really hate seagulls. I know what they're thinking too, and it's not pretty.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Nothing having to do with seagulls ever is pretty. Thanks, Tara!

      Delete
  2. I felt the sun on my head, the sting of salt and burn on my shoulders and the cawing of those birds. Time to swim towards shore?
    As always, this was excellent.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I have a feeling you're well attuned to the beach these days, Kir! lol Thank you so much : )

      Delete
  3. What a fun response to the challenge!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you, Swoosieque!

      Delete
  4. I love your description of the cormorants. That's exactly what they do.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I can spend hours watching the cormorants. Thanks for the love, Stacie!

      Delete
  5. When I think of seagulls, I always think of the movie Finding Nemo, where the seagulls just say, "Mine?". Loved this!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Whenever I see seagulls, I hear them saying to me: "Mine! Mine? Mine!" lol Thanks for the love, Tina!

      Delete
  6. This was so much fun!! Like TMW, I have vivid pictures of the seagulls in Finding Nemo screaming Mine! Mine! Loved it!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Glad you enjoyed it Kathy! Thanks for the love.

      Delete
  7. Hah! Good one. You made me smile!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ooohhh I love causing a smile : ) Thank you, Susan!

      Delete
  8. A couple of weeks ago I was riding my bicycle down by the bay in the morning and I looked up at some power lines. Eighteen baby blue herons were sitting there. Normally that perch is jealously guarded by the cormorants. I guess herons are more assertive. Nice one Kymm.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hmmm I love seeing the cormorants lined up on the rocks, but I'd happily exchange them for blue herons. And the seagulls can eat the pigeons and then die of food poisoning in the parking lot.
      Thanks, Thom!

      Delete
  9. Hah this really did make me laugh! Reminds me of this old fella who used to always come around and hit on my grandma, so proud of his "Damn Seagulls" hat.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Haha I knew one of those who wore and admiral's cap and frantically searched the horizon whenever my friend's mother went swimming.
      So glad it made you laugh. Thank you, Celeste!

      Delete
  10. I love the rhythm of this--the words themselves and the free-flowing thoughts while floating in the water. Great answer to the Question!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. What a lovely comment, and I am so pleased you find the answer 'great' : ) Thanks for the love, Jennifer!

      Delete
  11. Very evocative, Kymm! There is also a rhythm to it, like Jennifer said. Great take.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Oohh, glad you liked the rhythm. Thanks, TIZ!

      Delete
  12. Loved the tiered cormorants. Made a pretty picture in my head. The idea of lobsters made me think the narrator was sun-burned too.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sounds like you got it all. Thanks for the love, Nate!

      Delete
  13. I really liked how you started with short, to-the-point phrases, then drifted over into something more poetic with the line about the cormorants. Great piece, Kymm!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Gotta go for the poetry, always : ) Even though no one mentioned the title...
      Thank you, Christine!

      Delete
  14. Short, direct sentences. Loved this!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Such a beautiful picture, apart from those seagulls. And you pack so much in to the time spent at the beach, as well as your piece.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Oh, seagulls aren't so bad when they're not drooling over you... Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you, Sarah Ann!

      Delete

Copyright © 2008-2024 Kymm Coveney - All rights reserved.