Like right now, it just started raining in Hollywood, FL. I’m blowing my cheeks
outward. I find this soothing because
for some reason
the inside of my cheeks is all chewed up. I think it happened the night after
I drank no less than four shots of patrón and
chased after a penny in the swimming pool. Yes,
I chased after a penny, and I found the whole experience nostalgic.
Now for this description of a table. It’s the one I’m writing on. It doesn’t belong to me:
[1] Air horn (can).
[2] New Times, upside down.
[3] Green Christmas lights, tumbled.
[4] Roll of paper towels, half-used.
[5] Opened aluminum AVTR can, 33% full.
[6] The Florida Mariner.
[7] Southwinds – News & Views for Southern Sailors.
[8] White coffee mug, stained at the dregs.
[9] Turquoise pencil, dulled to the point of exaggeration, Mary inscribed in black on the whittled barrel.
[10] Two remote controls – Zenith, RCA – parallel to each other and pointing to the back door, which sits directly north and one foot behind the television.
[11] Lighter.
[12] Miniature flash light, black on green, probably plastic.
“I have one word for you Benjamin.”
“What’s that?”
“Plastics.”
[13] Triangular RTA highlighter, one marker tip at each vertex. Green and orange cap interchanged. Blue cap on its appropriate marker tip.
[14] Yacht Essentials, upside down.
[15] Opened All At Sea, page 19, which is composed of two columns. The left opens: “‘You don’t think I’ve love to reproduce with a yachtie and have his sailorboy?’ asked a frustrated female dirt-dweller who requested her name not be used.” The right ends: “Many farmers are learning to swim. Let’s all hope for the day when ‘home owner’ isn’t a derogatory term nor ‘sailor’ a preferential one.”
[16] Superports – The Definitive Superyacht Marina Guide.
[17] Waterfront News – South Florida’s Nautical Newspaper since 1984.
[18] Health Wave, upside down.
[19] Napkin, green on white.
[20] Replacement Christmas lights.
[21] Circumnavigator.
[22] Three cigars, hand-rolled by Cuban in Hialeah.
[23] Triangular ashtray, handmade.
[24] Ash.
[25] Empty Grolsch bottle.