Tijuana Gringo : Poems


en la ballena


en la ballena
bailando

cantina

in the whale
@ 03:33 a.m.

con/with

los artistas
dancing

toman cerveza

tequila

y cigarros

de cual


time
la hora

of what
ofrece
offers

.

la barra
sala de
room of
the bar

ya
sillas
chairs
now

profesa
y mesas
and tables
shows

.

la cantina dice

welcome
drink

bienvenidos,

toma

.

Todavia está

joven

la madrugada.

The after-

midnight

is still young.

.

03:53 that

increible

hora

unbelievable

hour

.

not yet four

when they

shuffle to

their seats

seven beers

14 tequilas

and 20 dances

later


the norteño


still rolls

todavia rueda

el norteño

que llegan las quatro horas
that four o'clock arrives

y todos sentados

piensen de dormir
and everyone sits

thinking of sleep.



from 22/23 September 2000    --    Poems    --    Tijuana Gringo

Copyright 2001 Daniel Charles Thomas; email = thomas@masinternet.zzn.com