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By Misti Date: 2002 Nov 28 Comment on this Work [[2002.11.28.04.06.10302]] |
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glaciers are disappearing, he says she asks why he explains and it's one more reason to be anxious and at dinner he is happy to discover that his salsa scorched tongue is remedied with a piece of ice from his Coke everything is calm the mariachi band is playing a Cuban revolution song Pete Seeger created the arrangement he says she says Tao's grandfather? was Dylan really like his uncle? she is too starstruck he is concentrating on his tacos all over town now there is tinsel and ribbon too much red and green not nearly enough blue and turquoise Aren't the Lights Swell??? I love the hell out of that whale (the neon whale that illuminates the car wash) (she is trying too hard to be merry) he is driving and she is striving for starving for singing the heart out of giddy glad been the gooderest girl all year long don't remember the bad auld lang syne! ten dollar claddagh she thinks he hates that she remembers the price later in the store she is a hell of ice, out of nowhere Christmas songs on the PA the smell of cookies cheating the produce section out of its purity no mistletoe in sight but she isn't looking for mistletoe she's looking for a turkey breast she's looking for pecans she's combing the aisles for mini candy cane Oreos she knows she is lost but there are pies to bake, damn it pictures to take in Santa Claus hats smiling clear to El Paso pass the queso it's time for cheesy outside the air was crisp stars were clear lust was hibernating she was creating full drama out of scant vibrations of life there was barely a pulse but she was screaming from the gurney and they journeyed home and she was pillowed in his love and the frost was threatening but for whatever reasons they were embracing again against the mad mutability of the seasons. |