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Show 41, Jeffries, Islamorada [Section 2] Look on your Atlas at these slivers of land, 'dividing' the 'Atlantic' from the 'Gulf. In reality it's more like the pre- Columbian concept of the river-of-ocean, encompassing all. I hear the watery histories of this place, the high ground just a few feet up from sea level; I walk by the sea at night, and the surge asks me You dare You dare live here but other nights it's just the tame sea languidly naming Islamorada. . . Islamorada This old-timer told me that last spring, there was the event with the spring tides, and a full moon, and the Atlantic rolled halfway across Key West. They sold a lot of new carpet to those motels up above the eastern beaches. Wouldn't you agree, though, that through novels and movies, American boys are conditioned to want to live on an island? And with short double sessions at the school, my job is sort of easy. Not that I |
