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Shoreham Gravel Beach ... 

On the turning of tides 
as the tide breathes in, 
the water rushes back, 
cascading towards the ocean
and the gravel goes with it, 
down the slope, in a salty foaming motion

Man stops to listen 
as the gravelling grushing fizzle
Of sea, sand and gravel, 
grunches in the foam 
And the tide breathes out.
 
And its next breath brings the next wave 
clambering wetly over soaked gravel
Salty foamy water climbs the hill 
and the tide advances further 

The tide comes in and the full tide rests
While the waves fall back 
oer the grunching grinding gravel 
To measure another few hours 
of a man's lifespan.

And the man breathes in and out
and the tide breathes out and in
and the gravel climbs and falls 
And the beach goes on forever