10. seaweed

variety itself:
somedays lots and others not
but always its way different
from krinkly pink to thready brown or
brittle black or green and slimy purple
wadded up collecting helpless creatures seeking
exits -- yikes! dead-ended by some shorebird's beak.

we haven't seen it all and won't, because it's always new
(and old) and evermore returning.

the laughter comes when beach-wheels hire at unreal
highest prices, a cleanup crew at tourist-time to rid the view
of kelp. and after all the work's been done and workers gone on home,
the water sneaks up at high tide depositing a ton.