South Georgia Trouble Brothers: a Costa Rican snooze haiku
South Georgia born boys
rooted in denim cutoffs
and backyard gardens
homemade soap with lye
preachers’ kids: troublesome types!
regular scrubbings
fast forward the clock
still trouble - even asleep!
old habits die hard
two brothers sacked out
on a Costa Rican couch
vacation: sheer bliss!
symmetrical snooze:
feet propped on coffee table
elbows cradling heads
pillowy comfort
pajamas - shorts and t-shirts
eyelids block lamplight
Wait. Binoculars??
oh, the ironic lenses!
who is watching whom?
upon waking, they’ll
seek the day’s adventure - a
game of golf and beer
from cast iron lye soap
to pampering massage oils
these two have it made!
What a treasure, this pair of trouble-inclined, South Georgia brothers, immortalized in your poem. Lye soap -!! I love the sonics of "symmetrical snooze" and the whole notion of memoir in verse. You always lace every line with such humor and love.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Fun, Kim! I was struck by the symmetrical snooze too. The perfect caption for that photograph, and set up to the description that follows that line of the elbows and pajamas and so much mirrored here. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteLiving the pura vida life, those two.
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