Costa Rica 9: Beach dwelling

Playa Guiones. May 27 - 29, 2012.

Exposure questionable on these early photos. This was before I knew my camera well. 

Penelope's Loon - 3rd draft

Mist whispered across her back

circling shoulders and into her arms

The scent of lavender beat her tongue

feather-puncture approaching love's nerves

He left her at the port parking lot

motor still running

kissed the breeze with gaze distracted

signaling 

We'll be in touch soon.

She guessed this meant nothing

to do with touch.

Refusing to watch as he walked away,

she turned to the gulls positioned on stanchons

flipping him the bird

cawing after him in sarcastic shrieks

leave you bastard leave me

Only the scent of sails.

But Dunkin still on the corner,

kids with clipboards turning phrases for donations

Everything intact, minding it's place.

A plastic bag caught wind, gusting toward the ocean

with tight voiceless blows

Yup I'm fine. Fine. Yup I'm fine.

Alone on the clean cotton sheet

Touching her own shoulder lightly

She mimics his sanctity, mourns his mist

Weaves another memory to anchor.

So the storm grows face-first

still air sardonic on naked back.

Old, dank, her sailor's ocean shroud drapes her

And tonight, again, she drowns in his death.

Cost Rica 8: Afternoon rain

Sky water - taking a break from the sea...

June 3, 2012, Harmony Hotel, Nosara.

Costa Rica 7: En route to La Luna

The walk from Guiones to Pelada, June 1, 2012
Click on the photos to see them enlarged - they look better that way.
all images copyright CJH 2012

Costa Rica 6: Sculpture Garden