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[untao]

the sun is blinding white. 
slit-vision over the water.
the bridge hot against skin. 
they lean out,
four pale boyshapes.
water blinks sunwhite back.
too hot.
too bright.
four boyshapes.
one drops over the edge.  feet down, like a pin.
a splash and his head above water. 
shouted challenges.
he laughs and swims in circles.
too hot.
too bright.
three boyshapes drop like pins.
splashes and two heads above water.  panic.
two heads.
too hot.
too bright.
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