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MEXICO, TWO IN THE MORNING

John Grey

I’m in the middle of the Mexican dream.
me and my amigos
sitting on the porch of the hacienda,
wide sombreros tipped down over our faces,
sipping tequila while white-whiskered cactus plants look on.

But I’m also in the bar,
an ex-pat with a two day growth,
my elbows on the table,
head about to join them
or out in the dusty square
swaying to a mariachi band
or at midnight under the street lamp
awaiting my tempestuous brown-skinned lover
or glancing in the kitchen
where a pretty chica bonita
buries her fingers in wheat flour.

Head on the pillow,
body buried in blankets,
on a cold January night
whatever warm there is
arrives via the inevitable clichés
that poke through my subconscious.
Even my nightmares aren’t safe.
Skeletal faces from the Day of the Dead
love nothing better than to
press their gum-less jaws against my trembling lips.

The real Mexico can’t get through to me.
Its one hundred million people
don’t stand a chance,
not with the usual band
of desperate Hollywood hombres
patrolling my borders.
And forget about their language.
Sorry but only broken English is spoken here.

At least, when I awaken,
I’m ready to make amends.
So I apologize to you, senorita
with that red rose in your teeth,
and you mustachioed bandito -
impressive Wanted poster by the way.

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