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The Innocents

Some of you are not going to like this, some may be glad I wrote it. But all of you will agree on the innocents—being innocent.

By now most of you know how strongly I feel about being present on our Long Beach shore—fully present.

In my current post, The Innocents, I try once again to put you there, not in words, but being in our poem of a shore.

Many of you will relate to what I say. You feel the same. Others may wonder, why don't I feel that? To those I say, may you someday allow—the way.

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But there is also a more controversial idea in this blog post. It's about dogs on our beach.

There are valid arguments in both points of view and I respect that. All I ask is for both sides to look at our shore with new eyes. Consider coexistence, consider respect, and responsibility for each other, and for the innocents. Maybe we can learn something from them:

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