Merewether beach might have been closed to
bathing for weeks because of dangerous surf,
in innocence, conditions didn't seem too bad;
horison lined by ore carriers, yachts sailing in
an easy expression of safe breezy indolence,
but wave breaks and rocks merged in a wash
of menacing rancour where only foolish souls
lingering with intent might be dashed to death
What it means is ‘The Baths’ gather the huge
crowds of avid bathers; sure, it is the Sunday
before Australia Day - there is relief in a long
weekend with a salty soak and how you look
won’t matter - unless you’ve something very
delectable to expose, and then do it grandly
© 26 January 2015, I. D. Carswell
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