<p>Sitting in the sand on the beach<br /> before noon. A woman in enormous<br /> headdress of cloth wares takes a<br /> break from selling to thumb her<br /> beads and whisper a verse to herself<br /> as the sun makes me squint to make<br /> out the words in a language that<br /> is only half available.</p> <p>My wife suns face down in the beach<br /> chair next to my spot in the sand.<br /> She wears a dark green bikini. Other<br /> women of all shapes and sizes wander<br /> by, pointing to her various tattoos.</p> <p>As another small wave breaks over my<br /> toes in the sand, I am reminded<br /> indirectly of the moon.</p> 2009-04-27T05:19:06-07:00 146 2 2010-03-10T23:20:47-08:00 1 189