Le Voyage Magnifique

Paradise

On leave
from academia--
rum drinks and tiki torches
down in Tahiti.

Munching kiwi fruit
and macadamia nuts
on the leaky porch
of my rented beach shack.

Doesn’t matter.
It only rains for half an hour,
every day at four--
like the clockwork I left behind.

Bikini-clad wahines
keep the tropical punch
and chimerical visions flowing
under the mango tree.

Time flies.
Too soon, I'll have to leave
this Bohemian
paradise.