the thing that was
HOLDING them
UP
was that they had realized
e.e. was recommending
the restaurant
BUT
didn't EAT seafood
SO
wasn't really a
GOOD
SOURCE of source information
BUT
regardless
I am walking down the pier
I had a dried starfish
which they had
GIVEN me
perhaps to keep me entertained
& it WAS entertaining me
BUT
it was ALSO
KINDA
freaking me out
it was BIG for my hands
VERY textured
the tiny dried LEGS
I couldn't HANDLE
SO I was
PICKING them OFF
as I wandered
towards
my new friend
