1970 Christmas Eve near the Rio Grande
\nin our trailer in the orange grove
\nfirecrackers dogs and roosters
\nrepeat the bang bark cockadoodle
\nsporadically all night<\/p>\n
We miss the hush of snow
\nmuch as kids miss daddies
\ntokin’ it up in Vietnam
\ncaroles are the same
\nblonde Mexican Talking Barbi
\nbarking perros and firecrackers
\nroosters and oranges on branches
\ncheap beer in supermarkets<\/p>\n
2007 November near the St. Lawrence
\nin our house surrounded by winded maples
\ntraffic and ipods tracking down the street
\nthe barking is me opening my yap
\ncrowing my opinions like fireworks
\nin my personal heavens
\nCanucks in Afganada dying
\nworld is warming up everywhere
\nbuying a burka Barbi for Christmas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1970 Christmas Eve near the Rio Grande in our trailer in the orange grove firecrackers dogs and roosters repeat the bang bark cockadoodle sporadically all night We miss the hush of snow much as kids miss daddies tokin’ it up … Continue reading