Jennifer Poteet
BERMUDA
We only posed for that picture
to see if the camera worked.
All smiles, you and I
embraced under the flash
just as we slipped away.
There was a drink
called Stormy Weather.
Its base was ginger beer and rum.
The sticky sweet
never crept into the room we shared:
all rattan and light.
The ocean sprayed
its pink debris upon each hidden cove.
You and I were freezing, remember?
On this island one very cold November.
Date of Birth: 2/15/64 Location: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Email: mailbabe@mailcity.com Website: http://www.poetrycentral.com/poteet.html Publications: Samsara Quarterly, The Absinthe Literary Review, The Melic Review, Thunder Sandwich, The Astrophysicist's Tango Partner Speaks, The Red River Review, Conspire, Atomic Petals, The Eclipse, Stirring V2:E5, V2:E7
