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Close to my driftwood hut on the edge of the beach, about where it ends.

• 5 things you can see
  • The driftwood hut to 5 o clock
  • The beach at 3 o clock
  • Grassy sand
  • Tall wild grass to the 9 o clock
  • The sunrise
  • Driftwood on the shore
  • A trail from the beach to the site of Wisin
  • Trees in the distance
  • Various rocks and stones all around me
  • Mountains in the distance on 9 o clock
• 4 things you can hear
  • The waves on the beach
  • Seagulls over the waters
  • The wind filtering through the grass, breezing south
  • The wind whistling through driftwood
• 3 things you can touch
  • The sand at my feet and tail
  • The tall grass
  • The topsoil grass
  • A large smooth stone I am standing near
• 2 things you can smell
  • The sea salt
  • The fragrance of the wild grass
  • The ashes of my fire
• 1 thing you can taste
  • The grass, it tastes like those long thin grass tubes

Semantics Analysis

Group, Use, Action, Properties, Location, Association

The tall wild grass

Group: thing, each blade or strand of grass is its own plant. Use: can be burned for tinder, used to strengthen bricks also. Low nutrition food source, okay for smaller animals. Action: slow growth action, but otherwise inert unless acted upon Properties: thin walls with a hollow core, can be bent but will break if bent too far. Has a notably plant flavor, but very little of it. Colors range from green to brown. Seasonally dies off or burns and is revitalized. Waist high. Consider stereotypical wild grass. A slight stinging sensation if you cut yourself on the grass. Location: near the beach, there's some cutoff between the taller grass. It leaves enough buffer that you can build near it, but the seasonal burning makes this potentially undesirable Association: carefree summers, childhood wonder, simplicity, nature

The dry beach sand

Group: Thing, many small things, but a thing Use: You can use it for construction, pathmaking, and just for feeling the small components of Action: Largely it just sits there until acted upon Properties: Smooth, there's variety in the size of the individual grains of sand, they range in color from orange to red to this off-white, maybe some darker specks too, salty taste, very hard to chew, do not suggest eating Location: The beach, near water Association: memories of going to beaches, digging for clams, general associations with childhood.