On Memorial Day
An American holiday
Which didn’t mean much
To the Mexicans
In Todos Santos

Except in the same way
That anything from the U.S.
Influenced Mexico

We drank margaritas
That weren’t very good
Which we already knew
Would be the case
When we asked the waiter
Where he was from
And he said Seattle

We read love poetry by Neruda
In English
And it was already good
And then we read it
In Spanish
I didn’t understand
But it was still better
Because of the music
Of the words together
In the original language

May 31, 2021 at 04:26PM