Climate Unchanged

Wind lashed fronds whip a neck twisting air. Florida bleeds green. A large woman in a rainbow muumuu, a toy poodle pushed tightly into her folds wades into the storm determined to bring a hurricane to heel. The land has now flooded high enough to expose alligator snouts. The Cajun navy hoists its Jolly Roger, golf carts are boarded, elderly men in white and tartan shorts are reluctantly rescued. A badly shaken sunset dives for cover. Along an invisible shoreline Tiki lights twinkle on.