I found this yesterday at low tide; washed up with the
shells. Aside from it reminding me of an
early photograph from 1993, and aside from a tall Russian man dressed in a
nylon, red, white and blue tracksuit, his black sunglasses giving it a dirty
look-- there was no one else. There were no similar mangled toys—no arm, no
sand-buckets. There was nothing recent about its displacement except for its
location. Clearly it had been in the ocean for some time: It had no eyes.
Turning it lightly with my foot, then picking it up entirely; an unexpected
weight, filled with heavy portions from inside the sea.
*Please note Russians in the
general vicinity of the photograph are not uncommon. It is suggested the
Russian man, in this case, dons a particular attire appealing this fact.
