By chris
Date: 2007 May 23
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[[2007.05.23.12.57.18397]]

A woman walks

down Fourth Street at highest high
noon -
pura chica, summer too soon,
cholla in bloom far away in the
foothills - under
painted stucco storefronts saying
tortilleria y carniceria y
lavanderia y santos...

The vatos in wife-beaters waiting
for the bus
stare the no-smile, thousand-yard
Nuevo Mexico
glare with a little lust thrown in
like a side of chile rojo
without a sopapilla
in sight
to absorb the heat.