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by raphael on October 14, 2005


Nexpa feels like a ghost town right now. The wind is howling, all the skewed palm fronds of the pelapas dance to this pattern, an aimless rag doll dance. The only guy around was the hamaca vendor. Sylvan. A saddened man of deep brown complexion from years in under the sun, he is bound for Tecoman at six tonight. How did he become the hamaca salesman? What must he tell the wife upon returning home without selling a single hamaca?

Sometime before midnight: A class three storm is upon us! So much lightning is going off it is like a laser light show! The boom of the thunder follows instantaneously the flashes of light that bounce off the low black clouds. The wind is so fierce it threatens to rip the roof right off of our precarious temporary home. Cabanas on the coast of Mexico are not built with tropical storms in mind. Thank god I am alive and my eyes can still witness heroic acts of nature. Why does it feel so long since I have been hunkered down in the dark, a storm falling upon me from all sides? Human again. To really feel like I am part of this earth, not just an alien living under the mechanized hum of "society." The ferocity of the energy within the bowels and in the lungs of this great living being we are graced to live upon is scary. That is the key. When fear enters the human psyche, spurred on by the realization of the sheer indomitable size of the planet, then we are reconnected again. Within our walls, interiors, and compartments of modern life, we can't truly be threatened and impressed by powerful Gaia and her intricate web of existence. I feel it tonight! Pray for surf tomorrow!
ER Harris
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