Here's To You, México

Dear readers,

I wrote this short poem in Mexico City two months ago (August 2010).  Enjoy.
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The seeds of the sandía* are sperms
searching for flavor
and companionship

The caballero's* guitar strings
are a loom
to weave boleros*
of Metallica

Rain causes blackouts
and floods the streets
like a protest

The cheep plastic fork
scrapes my mouth
to make the chille covered fruit
burn brigher

Here's to you, México.





*watermelon
*gentleman's
*type of Latin American song with a slow tempo