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Swiss Chocolate On A Cold Eve In Honolulu
I see it on the horizon
a light so small and intensely luminous
shines a message at me
We’re always in touch,
we do not need to speak
glad I reached you just at sunset
while you listen to an alpine shot Swiss radio broadcast
it is news from Berne wending its way across the spume and spray of wave crests
hitting and bouncing Off mountain peaks
diffused by trees, ferns and yet-to-bloom branches
chilled in snow-laden winds
warmed as warm water currents moderate
and received down this metal rod
How ironic – is it
How pleasing, vain Switzerland sounds warm!
Spiky alps and best-in-the-world milk chocolate
with such precision
signalled out to this much concrete laid island in the tropics!
—
Friday February 16th 1996