^{A personetelle}

I’ve been called the Gateway to the Caribbean.
I’ve been nicknamed the American Riviera.
But these voices give other places authority.
I will run this story like a country of my own
making, play with its characters like a child
with grapes, change settings from key to mainland
with no regard for causeways or beach sand
or clear-cut dialogue that makes editors smile.
I will run this story like a country of my own
and the plot will conflict with itself, man versus
hurricane, man versus not the heat but what is
the humidity. It won’t all make sense when done.
Call me a god or just a dog with a fishbone.
I will run this story like a country of my own.