the bay leaves were stapled together 
hugging each other 
unabashed by the sultry winds 
Montego Bay had never been so maroon 
and swamped with rainbows meddling with black sands 
in my house
aside the plush verdant carpet 
was a cherry dresser 
pleasant to the eye 
with four legs 
curvaceous legs 
flirtatious in a way 
like an anxious tongue 
willing but reluctant 
to taste hot Black tea 
at 6 a.m. in the morning
next to the dresser on the cream colored wall
was a painting I painted in 1974 
I called it "Daydreaming" 
Today at times I sit and staple bay leaves,
watch them hug,
in Montego Bay
on plush verdant carpet,
next to a cherry dresser
with four legs,
in a naked room,
and with no painting of any sort 
on the walls
while daydreaming
at 6 pm in the evening
smiling 
with paintbrush in hand