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Waking to many mosquito bites

Even this paradise is flawed

I sweat, at times profusely

Even the lizards laugh

At deet in my hand

But the ocean

Calls my name

Stillness

Wait

Lush

For me

So I throw

Fate to strangers

Revel in sunshine

Dance with the iguanas

Eat mangos straight from the tree

Clap for the mermaids in the sea

And hide the frayed hem beneath my skirt

© NP 10/31/12