IGUANA FOR LUNCH?

St. Thomas, USVI
© 2010 Howard McQueen

My beachside Caribbean waitress and I agreed,
my Caesar salad was really quite tasty.

We are both staring at my empty plate.
I offer “the dog got most of it”.
She politely suggests “iguana” as
the more likely culprit,
and the moment is again,
magically
transformed,
as two enter into the dance of life.

May there be magic and mystery lurking,
waiting patiently in ambush
just around those bends,
corners and curves,
approaching, even more quickly
as we each open wider and deeper
into our own respective playgrounds,
our paradise on this earth