Memorize This

El Gavilan Lodge, Costa Rica  4/18/03

The Green Honeycreeper.

The green chrysalis of the butterfly.

The green Anole Lizard.

The green leaves of the Cecropia.

The green Aventurine stones in a bracelet.

The green of green of green

in Dracena, Agapanthus,

Helaconia, Water Lilly,

Green Fig Beetle, Green Iguana, Palm Tanager,

Green Backed Heron, Coppery Headed Emerald,

Resplendent Quetzal, Turquoise Browed Motmot, Amazon Kingfisher,

the swirling Sarapiqui River swimming in its banks,

slime, shine, silver green of pooling fishes near a sunken tree.

The green rind of sky at sunset,

green fall of night, the deep green sleep

in the jungle’s lap.  The restless green dream

clearing it’s throat, shuffling the celadon

pages of its story, looking for

neon green letters reading, “the end.”