Tijuana Gringo | |
Daniel's Journal | by Daniel Charles Thomas |
19 August 2001. |
-- SUNDAY PASEO --
_______________________________________________1._______________________________________________alone on a bench
then another comes to sit
and talk talk talkgaffer veteran says he's
lived here since 1948a store woman offers
him a tamaleeats, then gone on
his crutchesinto the passing world
of Sunday paseo(after a cigarette, of course
I gave him)the sun has mounted beyond
three-storey HOTEL ARREOLA
but a tree shades myhead
even though hands and
this pageremain scattered in leafy
light .
_______________________________________________2.
four blocks north
down the avenuestumps of the rising arch
mark the transformationongoing metamorphosis
of this strange heart of town
this surreal commercial walkde curiosidades
y jovenes saliendo
familias grabando videolook Mommy we're in Tijuana
camcordering theIndian woman and daughter
selling bracelets
of coralstorewoman sipping cafe
answering her neighbor's question
gesture toward my half-empty bench-- y este que se llama?
-- Mack .