Under the watchful eyes of parents
Children play on the sea beach
Splashing, laughing and
Picking up shells of mollusks,
Clams and quahogs
Embellishing their
Cavernous sandcastles.
You wonder why
Sandcastles do not survive!

 © Mukesh Williams
July 1997, Isla Vista

Translated from the Hindustani by the author

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