set up shop

Alayna Doyal
Sep 10, 2024
Photo by Emod on Unsplash

i don’t sell seashells

by the sea shore but

i sure as hell know

what it’s like

to set up shop;

beg the heavens to

consume me;

plead humidity to

absorb me

and humanity to

absolve me

before sand dunes

swirl around me

until white caps

come to

collect me.

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