[ can these bones live? ]

   4th of july, some years back.

   i was at the beach with my parents, staying with some family friends at their beach house to celebrate the weekend.

   while there, one of my friends and i decided to go exploring on the beach. after walking up the beach a while, we decided to go inland, following one of the many small streams/rivers that flow from the mainland out to the ocean.

   we waded nearly waist-high most of the time through the rather luke-warm water, jumping from rock to rock occasionally, and made our way through the tall sea grass that grew along the banks.

   eventually, we found ourselves decently far inland. at one point, we discovered a bunch of bones laying around, half-covered in the sand/dirt mixture of the river bank. it was one of those discoveries that many people would probably find disgusting, i mean, they were bones and all. but i found them intriguing, as i generally do with the body when it comes to muscles, the way things work, etc.