St. Croix prices

At Schooner Bay, iced
tea – 60 cents at Big Lots –
is nearly three bucks.

Chenay Bay – First night

Island band’s Christmas
tunes with a reggae twist our
dinner serenade.

Chenay Bay – First day

Kayak to Green Cay.
Snorkel among reefs. Head back,
sunburned and happy.

St. Croix – end of day

Cruzan pineapple
flavored rum makes happy hour
even happier.

Reggae breakfast

We eat cereal
on the porch by the sea, while
island music plays.

Caribbean morning

Intense turquoise, the
water is a wake-up call
to swim, sun, sail, dream.

Dichotomy

She PhotoShops her
self covered with blood spatters
loves puppies, is sweet.

Big death, little death

Sleep gently takes you,
like the lethal injection
you cannot resist.

Being a silly girl

An affectation,
but it’s cute, and she is for
given many sins.

Tomorrow’s flight

I’ll Dramamine my
self into torpidity,
sleep through drink service.