Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Tribute to Panama: Not Before Coffee

This is a Spoken Word Poem thing with a melodic twist performed on a rooftop for my beloved travelling buddies on the 20th of Jan 2013.


A reunion in Panama, an adventure for three
The Isles of San Blas, strips of sand with coconut trees
All sickly pale and in desperate need
of sun rays and sunshine
on aqua carribean seeeeeeas
but noooooooot...before coffee

Barefoot treks through a jungle marquee 
Santa Fe was the next destination for three
Bound for the waterfalls, we sunk to our knees
In horse shit and spit, not a soul heard our pleeeeeeeas
but nooooooooot...before coffee

On the shores of Bocas we lived by the sea
Above an open sewerage that amazingly didn't reek
Sprawled out on the pier, with a ciggy and a beeeeeeeer
but noooooooot....before coffee

Backpacks reloaded on a water taxi
We arrived in Bastimentos, a jungle drumming oasis
In the Bushman's Kitchen we waited hours for a feed
But it was so worth the chef being high on his weeeeeeed...
thank Goooooooood we had our organic, Up On The Hill coffee

Things took a turn with an addition to the team
dynamics made a change and a Brazillian took the lead
carried our bags, booked hotels, ordered our food, translated our requests...
actually that's fiiiiiiiiiiine before coffee

In Santiago was a lesson about the humble abalone
I learned not to eat something that numbs your body
Thank goodness I had friends to take me to Emergncyyyyy
Unfortunately for them it was waaaaaaaayyyy before coffee

To Santa Catalina's Pacific with depths of murky
In search of the shark whale, its sight a rarity
All but one was equipped for the sea
Daca got cocky and then struggled to breeeeeeeeeathe
but nooooooot before coffee

We concluded our time with one more to the three
The four of us together made wonderful memories
We raised our glasses and toasted 2013
A bright new beginning in Panama Cityyyyyyyyyyy

(all together now!)

BUT NOOOOOOOOOT BEFORE COFFEEEEE

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