If I ever have / A freshly newborn daughter / Name her Moorea

Heart-shaped volcano / Rainy season real estate / What the ocean costs

Dry backyard canoes / Insignificant transport / Opens the oceans.

Green sawtooth’d mountain / Imagine beyond the mist / Disappear again

Polynesian woman / Offers a lift in her Honda / Ua here vau ia oe

Tourists feeding sharks / Then eat vanilla ice cream / Cows under coconut trees

Turquoise saltwater / Travel agency posters / Living screensaver

Captain Cook’s cook’s cook / Probably swam in this bay / And remembered all.

Little island shop / With iron bars on windows / Cans of ham on sale

Black sand in my toes / Half-assed waves push broken shells / The French love Speedos.

Wave-tossed ferry ride / Fam’ly of five watch dubbed movies / On four iPod screens.