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Monday, April 26, 2004

Babies in Hawaii (a dialogue Sestina)

Jerome! Come eat your sandwich! I swear, babies in Hawaii are depressing.
You think we should have left him at home with your mother?
Why not? He's not old enough to appreciate all this beauty.
He's almost three, he's bound to remember this trip.
That's not the point. We should be in our room fucking.
If he wasn't here, we'd be doing it right now?

If he wasn't here we'd be all up in that room right now.
You're just trying to make this trip depressing.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather be fucking.
Maybe we could ship him to your mother?
I'm not going to be the one to ruin his trip.
And I'm not going to take him away from all this beauty.

Look at those two kissing in the waves, now that is beauty.
We should go make out in the waves now.
We should get high first, that would be a trip!
Oh no! The side effects are far too depressing.
Honey, you're getting as old as my mother.
Oh shush, you're just upset that we aren't fucking.

Well, we ought to be fucking.
Why aren't you like this at home? Is it the ocean air, or all this beauty?
Think about who's there, huh! Ya! My mother!
You're just coming up with excuses now!
I'm sorry, this whole topic is depressing.
Fine, let's talk about what else we can do on this trip.

There's tons to do, that's why we took this trip.
Well, let's get our minds off fucking.
Fine! Let's do something that's not depressing.
We could take that copter ride, that would be a beauty!
I'm not sure my stomach could handle that right now.
I knew it, you're thinking about your mother.

Well, you're the one who brought up my mother!
I'm sorry! Maybe we should have brought her on this trip?
If she was here, I wonder what she'd be doing now?
She'd be watching Jerome, so we could be fucking.
My mother would love all this beauty.
Enough! This whole conversation has become depressing.

What's depressing is leaving home without my mother!
Oh that is a beauty! I'm sorry, but his is the way we planned our trip.
I can't believe we were that fucking stupid, but there's nothing we can do about it now...