Super Natural

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted 14 August 1966

TGIM

OMG its Saturday! Sigh. Two days of the week we concede to sharing this little paradise with our like species (the kind we fear most!). We smile graciously but grind our teeth in our sleep at the thought.

Their descent is sudden and purposeful, not unlike an army of worker ants. Streaming out of buses and cars bearing plates from the big city, thronging every corner in dense columns. The different contingents fan out to secure everything that can be secured. The breakfast buffet, the idyllic poolside, the unmarked endless stretch of beach surrendered to the plundering. Everything that can yield amusement is immediately seized upon. “Make hay while the sun shines” is the mission.

We wince at the unmistakable hyped-up enthusiasm echoed in squeals, children screaming and high decibel conversations. In an instant, the cathedrals of silence and calm fall. The paradise they sought trampled underfoot, unnoticed and unmissed.

But all things pass. In 48 hours, the car park is emptied. The tangibles have been carted away by the ant army. The intangibles are miraculously restored, like a wound that heals with no scar and Nature rules again.

Paradise restored.

Thank God it’s Monday!