skimming gulls
dare peck
hidden
breaking-in waves
squawking rasping sands
shingle hesitant
flight hapless beaks
crammed voice and shell
crack skull whelk
mallet pebbled beach drop dive
tangling with seaweeds
horizons
drift ashores
reclaim seas from tides
wait winter
linger like rain wing
oblique prodding
feathered litter
stranded
disguised with purpose
claw caws tides
clung landed