Pomeroon Chip: The Ferry 'fore day marrin.

5.15am Parika (aboard the ferry to Supernaam). Caught in the moments between night and dayclean, the moon shines through a break in the clouds like an eye in the negative. The Essequibo river in gentle waves catches the light of the ferry; looks the colour of tea, well-steeped, with a dash of carnation milk. The horizon, a thin strip of ever lightening black, swords through the palette of purple and blue above, and tan below. A resting flock of white egrets appear from a distance to be a tree in full blossom. The cool air tickles; is a gentle interlude, a buffer betwixt the burning heat that will dominate the day.