Holiday on sandals
counting my steps
in the soft sand
along the bay
one two three four
one two three four
one two three four five six
seven eight
from fingers to abacus and further
to formulas and then their simplification
E = mc2
two three four one
two three four
one two
one two three
one two three three
the shifting sound
of voices and waves
crystal clear on the beach
34 years later