Garden



Here we invite you
to grill a fresh chewa
delivered to your door
by fishermen
direttissima
and to dine al fresco
under a cloud
of jasmine
At night you might be lucky
and hear the shrieks of bushbabies
lovemaking on their carousels
in the tops of the coconut palms.
Or laze away the afternoon
and watch the garden spiders
as they spin
their glorious webs.
And we could always call
one of the village acrobats
to shin up
the nearest coconut
and knock you down
some green madafu,
nature's own and original
isotonic drink.