Ode to 42 Spanish Street

photo by Jessie Preza

 

I want to travel to St. Augustine to sit in the courtyard of 42 Spanish Street.  I want to revel in the rescue of this two-hundred-year-old Colonial, restored by Hollingsworth with the help of his partner Zachary and that of his father Buzz (a fire hydrant of a man).  I want to sit in the chairs Worth and Zach picked out, enjoy the tang of the lemon tree they planted, listen to the cheerful burble of the fountain they resurrected, and register the rumble of the Florida masses they distress on the other side of the wall that divides us.  

(Inspired by "In with the Old," Season 3, Episode 6, 42 Spanish Street)