Cool walk from the garage

        I waited until after  6 PM to
        walk to the garage,
        It was after 9 when
        I started back to the house slowly.
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        The heat and humidity after 2
        reminded me of the haze
        on Mikinos, when all the men,
        when everything  stopped for Siesta.  
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        The cool, night brought back
        images of those  five,
        maybe six hours I sat alone
        in a dock chair.
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        It felt like the same cool track
        I took toward the sound of a live
        band beyond the restaurant I had gone
        to for food–where I was the only one there.

        The waiter took my order, speaking good 
        English  and told me that all the men
        had come out to party,
        but their women had to stay home.

        He said there would be food
        aplenty, and many women
        from the cruise ship to party
        and the women at home

        would ask no questions.