"Mosquito-Net Rhapsody".

"Mosquito-Net Rhapsody"

   I left the steel pans in the rain
   Huddling under plastic shawls

   Drunk steel wool collapses under sudsy stars,
   You left the kitchen light on

   "Turn it off for me darlin'"
   I do

   A Castries night, green bananas and lights on hills
   Chasing each other every half hour

   Palm trees glad to scrub their thick green hair
   And brown slender bodies, I think of you.
   Over green figs and ackee

   Electric heaters rummage through the secrets of hummingbirds

   "Darlin', bring some water for me"
   I do

   Entering the bedroom with a cup almost glass
   "We don't have no ice"

   Your beautiful- hair like steel wool still staggering,
   Skin that's smooth as Mauby wrapped in silks

   Shutters fly open

   "Chuh- leave dem"

   Here we are,
   Camped by the giant stone walls of Jericho,
   Under a tent of nets, fortress of wind

   I could sleep but the lights are bright
   Flashing, as the ghost ships come to moor
   Sinking the Pitons

   "It's windy tonight"

   Woe, woe unto you Jericho,
   Tonight our brave storms pound your walls once more

   Dawn,
   Your walls fall,

   Stabbed in the heart by palm trees