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Soft watercolor
pre-dawn shifts to vividly
rendered intense hues.
Lazy day, lazy
night. Dinner at seven with
turkey and plantains.
Green Cay Marina
walk. J gets stung, M watches
A Christmas Story.
Nut brown ale. Oatmeal
stout. Bayside, we eat gumbo,
salads, tan through lunch.
Cheeseburger joint with
singer grateful for applause.
Relaxed crowd, staff slow.
Day in Christiansted.
Cool arched walkways, courtyards lined
with stores. Few shoppers.
West coast of St. Croix
Palm shaded. At night, torches
cast glow on beach tables.
Green flash at Sunset
Grill on Sprat Hall Beach. Then dined
in lush tropic style.
To Fredericksted.
Live music on Rainbow Beach.
Snorkel for beach glass.
Wet bathing suits, striped
towels hang from porch rails like
vacation banners.
At Schooner Bay, iced
tea – 60 cents at Big Lots -
is nearly three bucks.
Island band’s Christmas
tunes with a reggae twist our
dinner serenade.
Kayak to Green Cay.
Snorkel among reefs. Head back,
sunburned and happy.
Cruzan pineapple
flavored rum makes happy hour
even happier.
We eat cereal
on the porch by the sea, while
island music plays.
Intense turquoise, the
water is a wake-up call
to swim, sun, sail, dream.
She PhotoShops her
self covered with blood spatters
loves puppies, is sweet.
Sleep gently takes you,
like the lethal injection
you cannot resist.
An affectation,
but it’s cute, and she is for
given many sins.
I’ll Dramamine my
self into torpidity,
sleep through drink service.
separating the
non-essential from the much
needed is painful.
Andy Williams. Bing
Crosby. John Lennon. Jose
Feliciano.
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