January 7, 2016

Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico

we loaded on to bus 222

with a thin dark haired woman,

Monica, as a guide.

With a good sense of humor,

she told us about Puerto Rico

with three main resources:

pharmaceuticals, rum, and tourism.

She pointed out the plants

bamboo, large elephant ears,

the national flower the Maga,

the giant Kapok tree.

And the national animal a tiny frog

named after its big call, “Coqui.”

When we stopped along the road

in the rainforest we heard it holler.

We got out to see waterfalls

in the pouring rain.

I never thought I’d see Puerto Rico,

but I did.