Newcastle Beach, from Strzelecki Lookout

Whales
Drift mist upon
The criss-crossed ocean
Decked out in wind speckle

Languorous
Surf cylinders
Fall upon the shoulders
Of the outstretched beach

Terns cloud
The swim baths
Raised by the boom
Of the one o’clock gun

Cameras click
And the memories
Harden into resin
People like amputated limbs