Seagull Shadows on the Boats

Ebb, Beyond To you, the autumn sun passes over the sea asters and goes to the gulls on the breakwater. Above the boats tied at the dock, there were traces of the sea asters passing by.

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Footfall

I was about to put away the milk bottle by the window, when I saw the spot where the sunlight had settled through the glass. On the shaded side, a cool breeze was still passing by, as if it had just been placed there.

Beyond

The afternoon sun, slanting through the boats moored in the shadows, lingers long on the old wooden chair.

Ridgeline

With the window open toward the breakwater, the afternoon sea breeze drifts into the room. A seagull's shadow flickers across the doorframe and is gone.

Alongside

Between the breath of the person by the window settling on the glass and then fading, a branch outside swayed once.

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