ABSTRACT
I stumbled on the Floridas. Incredible, the eyes of panthers, Cats with human skin, stare out at you From flowers, and rainbows stretch Like reins attached to some green beast Beneath the surface of the sea. —Rimbaud, The Drunken Boat Wind arises, roaring, hissing. The ocean seethes, and the boat goes creaking along…. —Cantar mexicano LXVII
