<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397607" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>At Houtbay beach</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A young girl and an old man<br>walk down steps<br>to the stretch<br>that the beach at Houtbay<br>throws against the sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are some small fishing boats<br>in colours of blue, <br>orange and white<br>that sails into the sea, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but big white cabin cruisers<br>bobs up and down <br>next to the quay<br>some distance away<br>as if they are ownerless<br>while their bosses<br>play somewhere else.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The smell of sea-pike<br>roasting on coals<br>lies on the light wind<br>and their stomachs growl<br>of sudden hunger<br>and here and there<br>the girl stoops<br>to pick up shells.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His sturdy boots leaves flat tracts<br>on the firm sand<br>and there’s a brown wood walking stick<br>with a lion head in his hand<br>and the girl’s<br>bare foot tracts <br>run in advance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sea swishes in and out<br>and the wet sand<br>reflects a bright open day<br>and the blue water<br>stretches out <br>as far as you can see<br>and it’s as if he gets new power<br>next to the foaming water.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397607" data-title="At Houtbay beach de Gert Strydom" data-description="A young girl and an old man walk down steps to the stretch that the beach at Houtbay throws against the sea. There are some small fishing boats in colours of blue, orange and white that sails into the sea, but big white cabin cruisers bobs up ..."></div> </div> </div>

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