The Concept of Key West

This is my tribute to my favorite poet, Wallace Stevens.

The Concept of Key West

She belted out the Greens

To a tropically challenged

Perfectly respectful crowd

At the Casa Marina

The Pefect tourist town,

But whose mistress is this

The waitress was heard to ask

Again and again

While the Gulf of Mexico tossed and turned

Another Cuban tourist trap aground

The Coast Guard alerted then intoxicated

By the sounds.

Elian Gonzalez, tell me if you dare

Why the sunsets of Key West surpass

All other emblazoned zones

Sweet Elian

Enraged to finally learn

The history and demarcations

Of a ninety mile patch of violent sea

Asleep now

Drugged into a sense of order

By the Creator's words and chords

The Hurricane turned and swam

Towards the Carolinas.