14. Beaches and coast

We used to look for fossils.

You’d show me holes in the rocks

And explain how they were drilled to plant bombs.

We’d sit inside the old pill box as a wind block

Until it disappeared under the sand.

And though I wanted to explore the small caves in the cliff face

You’d tell me they were crumbling and it was unsafe.

Plus, fisherman shit in them.

Ok. Let’s just play in the waves