SAFE PASSAGE

Interminable mind-boggling voyage circumnavigating globe
Perusing travelogues embossed hardcover atlases
Whale of tale library classics
Avoiding nauseous seasickness distressing travail

Earthborn into secure landlocked circumstance
Lubbers faraway from oceans favoring
Freshwater lakes over great fishpond
Yellow-belly sunfish to killer sharks

Words cannot express wondrous vastitude
Fathomable depths craving subterranean exploration
Invaded privacy craving familiar comforts
Trailblazer adventures dusted off restacked

Nacreous pearly shells forced open
Exposing ordinary grain of sand
Inverted arc insipid drained rainbows
Windfall leaves reconnected to branches

Waterfall pouring in wrong direction
Figure 8 hourglass flipped downside-up
Counterclockwise about face running late
Compass pointing every which way

Stay-at-homestead safeguards never venturing beyond
Penthouse escaping through bookworm passages
Landlocked conscience surrounded by recalled
Ports National Geographic vain denials

Pristine illusions shattered glass shards
Plastic debris peeled bottle flotsam
Coastline swashed garbage patch discards
Dying coral kelp forest depleted
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INDIAN SUMMER
(Honduras)

Overdue apologies to Misquito Indians
Genocide victims robbed of dignity
“Poder Popular” empowering indigenous aborigines
Exuberantly dancing “el Palo de Mayo”

Idyllic isles relaxed dreamscape atmosphere
Rum reggae revolution highest priorities
Along with simply chilling out
Spectacular sunsets telling sky show

Warm turquoise water coral reefs
White sand beaches coconut palms
Weather-beaten fringe thatch hut roofs
Overgrown mangrove tangled upside-down roots

Return to nature unique heritage
Colorful butterfly eco-biological cultural diversity
Scarlet macaws toucans harpy eagles
Howler monkeys rosette-marked jaguars wildlife

Disillusioned urban trash-strewn slum dwellers
Walls blackened by cooking fires
Buckled floors windows boarded up
Sleazy rats squeezing through cracks

Impoverished squatter families squished together
Art Deco property condemned clusters
Twisted metal girders crumbling concrete
Daily struggle scrounging leftover crumbs

Glaring inequities tottery see-saw existence
Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicles fleet
Cruising endemic corruption paved streets
Opportunistic “mordida” bribery connections key