September 11, 2012 · 10:58 pm
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@5

He would quote Garcia Lorca to shopkeepers

Engage salesmen or waiters with a sharp

Interested

Invested

Wit

We were buying shoes in Mexico City

We noticed a plaque

That this was the very spot

Cortes met Moctezuma

Which launched another political discourse

Gathered a small crowd

Until we remembered the shoes we were

Supposed to be buying

Were theoretical

Not yet existential

At 5

In the afternoon

 

David Trudel  ©  2012

 

 

 

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2 responses to “@5”

  1. Susan L Daniels
    September 12, 2012 at 7:23 am

    “theoretical/Not yet existential/At 5/In the afternoon” is brilliant–love this.

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  2. davidtrudel
    September 12, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Thanks Susan. “A los cinco de la tarde” is of course the opening line of Garcia Lorca’s best known poem.

    Reply

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