eye wall replacement cycle

the sleep that restores

weakens to strengthen

to rattle first

cocos nucifera ...

yes, cocos nucifera, consort of a lesser wind

cocos nucifera’s trunk bends and sings

coquettish, it curtsies and flirts

... yet in a cat 5 assault

its branches are ripped out like feathers ...

one by one, half the treetop

decapitated, gone

(the tree rat lives in the coconut tree

at night it scurries inside

thuds upon the kitchen counter and awakens you

in a hurricane it is but a downy feather

before an electric fan

on a hot and humid afternoon)