Gulls scream their carrion cries
Circling with stiff and frozen wings
Tip feathers finger the rising air
Glide, ride, the spiralling thermals
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Waves born in the ocean whirlpool
Flying spangled spindrift banners
Roaring, rolling, defiant thunder,
Crashing to oblivion on the wild west wind
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The probing tide eludes the sentinels
Seeking out the granite caverns
Seeping through clandestine tunnels
To reach a deep forgotten secret
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Rock pools provide a living oasis
Scuttling crabs and skipping shrimps
Cloud the jade green opalescence
Tranquillity welcomes the ebbing tide