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| First, he digs a circle he calls a moat, |
| and starts to build the towers of a castle |
| on the foundation of wet sand surrounded |
| by the still ring of water. |
| Soon the walls are sculptered as he dreams |
| of living in his own castle. Windows are |
| etched in the indentions with a stick. |
| A blade of grass becomes the flag and it |
| is placed on a tower where the princess |
| is held captive by the King of Quartz. |
| Chains keep her from the windows. |
| Then the tide rolls in, gently, and then |
| faster, eroding the boy's masterpiece. |
| But the architect can return to the beach |
| to live another day in his imagination. |
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