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I suppose its physical attributes were not its finest characteristic; that distinction belonged to its clientele. I sat on a blanket I pulled close to the ebbing sea, away from the others who did not seem to value it, watching the tide pull it farther and farther away from me. I sat and brooded. I sweltered beneath the punishing sun as I punished myself with thoughts. I floated outside myself, chiding myself for my ingratitude. I had a privileged life, highly privileged, yet these days the parts that didn"t fit had a far more ill fit. I closed my eyes as if I could block them out. In the few seconds my mind was still, I heard the cries and gasps. I looked round. Almost everyone was on their feet, even the elderly matrons who rarely moved from their chairs beneath their wide umbrellas. Th