Floridian Portrait #1

from Songs from the Equator, Part 1 by Evan Zegiel

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-Floridian Portrait #1-

Pristine, paved walkways glitter
with the damp clarity
of sparkling water ― like what is sold
in those nice Italian restaurants.

Our rains have their own flavors; they are profound.

They strike windshields with fervor. It is
the pitter-patter, the sparkling, that strikes
the mind’s tongue. Feet rarely taste the touch
of the white-washed cement. Travel
is more dangerous after the heavens cry; we
are carbonated cupids. We are busy
tasting gasoline. There’s a restaurant for that, too.

The food gets faster all of the time; our appetites cannot be sated.

We cease to sparkle.
We sleep through summers;
the heat itself is rain. There is rain
on every lonely Coke bottle
left to the sun’s onslaught.

There is rain on the bodies
of the beachgoers. There is rain
in the smallest of places.

We are the bubbles
in the San Pellegrino, bursting forth
into the crimson rays
of the setting sun. We awaken
to the flavors
of the sky. It is sprinkled
with clouds, and seasoned with darkness.

Each pocket of moisture is a conglomeration
of hopes, of dreams, of desires.

We trace the movements
of tenderized bits of humidity,
waiting for them to release their pressures
and sparkle with promises.

The rains cleanse us.

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from Songs from the Equator, Part 1, released August 30, 2018
Lyrics and music by Evan Zegiel. Copyright 2018 Evan Zegiel.

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Evan Zegiel Michigan

Evan Zegiel is from Boca Raton, Florida. He plays and teaches music for a living. When he isn’t blowing air into a tube or composing music, he writes poems and drinks coffee.