'Loss cancels profit'

Winthrop Shore Drive, in Winthrop Mass.

— Photo by jameslwoodward 

“…The cries of scavenging gulls sound thin

In the traffic of planes

From Logan Airport opposite.

Gulls circle gray under shadow of a steelier flight.

Loss cancels profit.’’

— From “Green Rock, Winthrop {Mass.} Bay, ‘‘ by Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), American poet, novelist and short-story writer. She grew up in the Boston area.