Entropy.

A family;

A mum

wears a black bikini, thirty years old, she has tattoos on her legs and arms of flowers,

A dad

wears tight shorts, thirty years old, he has tattoos on his back of a map to somewhere,

A daughter

wears a stringy pink bikini, twelve years old,

A son

wears blue swimming shorts, sixteen years old;

– all tall;

play

keepy-uppy

with a beach ball.

A Pair of Siblings;

A sister

sports mousy-blonde hair that strings the sting of salt around her neck, six years old,

A brother

sports a white baseball cap with a yellow logo on it, nine years old;

– their bodies submerged;

bob along in the hole

of an inflatable

Unicorn

with a pink, blue, purple and yellow horn.

A Couple of Friends;

Friend to my left,

dons a sparkly bikini, white-blond hair and large black sunglasses, no stranger to the surgeon’s knife, age undeterminable,

Friend to my right,

dons a green swimsuit, large green wicker hat with a red dotted bow tied to the back, ageless;

-both on the phone;

lie back

side by side

lounging and smoking

talking to different people in a tongue so fast that steam is rising from their mouths.

The ball floats out to meet the horizon.

The cap sinks down to meet the fish.

The cigarettes are stubbed in the hot sand.