The ocean doesn’t want me

I came across this little scene on an early morning walk around Kiholo Bay. I looked around. There was no one in the water, no one visible on land. The gear appeared to be abandoned. But all I could think of was a Tom Waits song, The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me, and in particular the line in it, ‘All they will find is my beer and my shirt.’ The shirt is there, and this is Hawaii – no one’s leaving their beer behind.

Posted in response to this week’s Friendly Friday challenge on the theme of ‘Abandoned.’ See more responses here.

4 thoughts on “The ocean doesn’t want me”

Forestwood on July 19, 2019 at 11:36 am said:

Now that is a great photo for abandoned. I would have wondered why they were left too. Makes you think something bad might have happened to them.

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- Graham on July 20, 2019 at 7:51 pm said:
  
  I suspect the person either left them there or put them there with the intention of going out later. It was a tad eerie though.
  
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FastPam@thelifebus on July 19, 2019 at 5:11 am said:

Nice Graham!!

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- Graham on July 20, 2019 at 7:49 pm said:
  
  Thanks Pam. I could probably find a suitable Tom Waits lyric for all my photos!
  
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