We are pale and dimpled.
We wear bathing suits made to hide
the mess underneath them.
We rub sunscreen vigorously
into the arms of children
who are struggling to get away.
We sit on towels and low lying chairs
surveying the other women and their children.
We judge them and their children.
We flip through a book.
We eat sandwhiches made at home
and sealed safely in ziplock bags.
We also eat the high fat treats we packed for our growing children
leaving the fiber wheat nonfat non transfat fat free healthy choice snack
to rot in the flamingo printed beach bag.
We rub more sunscreen on children.
We judge the new comers and their children.
We flip through the same book.
We yell "COME BACK!"
when one of our own wanders to far.
We say "It's time to go."
We pack all our sandy crap on top of the
fiber wheat nonfat non transfat fat free healthy choice snack
and carry the flamingo printed beach bag to the car.
Why?
Because we said so.
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