Notes of: a vacation you didn't plan, brine, sparkle dots on the horizon, salt on the hollow area between your thumb and index finger, texture of coral or searock, halo as threat, beautiful and don't come closer

Notes of: cold fruit in a warm room, the pop of skin between teeth, deep red abundance, pink plastic summer, tangling stems, stained fingers, more than you asked for

Notes of: brine and silk, salt on the lip, cold against the palm, tongue's surprise, a round weight, nacre built from irritation, seaside friendship