IN PARTICULAR

We stand
in the sea

my shadow &
me

looking at what
is not there.

"It's more...something than nothing?"
my shadow surmises

"I see it more as...nothing."
I beg to differ.

My shadow
furious with me

crunches back up
the shingle

gets in the car and
leaves.

I remain standing
in the sea

looking at nothing
...in particular.