from the past: a puerto rico post

"There are two days left,
and lets be honest, you
can't see the stars through
the clouds; they occupy
as an engulfing monstrosity
like the gutwrench and the
bilious slurs. We should con-
sider the implications of
a Puerto Rico -- what
if we consider the idea
of paradise in the mountain
valleys or as a salt water
pool islandbound welling up
from brackish rivers that
trickle beneath the surface
of things: deserts of congestion
indigestion and alimony. But
its good to have friends
and its good to know balance.
Its good to teeter on edges
and send yourself careening
over a valley a hundred
feet below screaming your
head off because at the bottom
you're safe and in the
end you have a home
to return to.

The idea of mermaids.

I have read that
the atlantic ocean
is particularly cold,
that the warmest currents
veer southward and
that if you close your
eyes and inhale under
water than you'll wake
up sunbleached in Puerto
Rico. Who has the
first and last word?"

Puerto Rico 6/06/09