Broken

“I like seagulls but the thing is, their eyes don’t move” I told my friend at the beach.
“They also look stern all the time.”
My friend reckoned they were doing it for effect.
Seagulls puffing themselves up just like people do.
We walked along the foreshore in the soft rain.
I saw a seagull with a broken leg.
What happens to seagulls with broken legs?
There was a mural painted near the skate ramp.
Written at the bottom was “artists: Becky T., Liam H and Connor P. aged 7”
I will never be seven ever again, I thought.
Soon the rain eased and we walked back to the car and drove away.