Insuficiente

miscommunicate
her words pearls in our hearts
to you bits of sand

This Video Game World

twelve classrooms a week
chaos read top to bottom
i just want to teach

offer renewal
before you even pay me
you think I’d come back?

violence overflows
excited mouths of young boys
and you wonder why

who will my girls find
in this video game world
boys forever boys

our culture reaches
the heart of Spain synchs its beat
yet bites without teeth

She’s Still Mine

nit picking anew
combing through six-year-old’s hair
mundane task of thanks

La Infestación de Los Piojos

My View:

infesting nightmare
day lost to money, combs, baths
laundry for a week

Their View:

forever children
they compete for who has more
cheer to share a bed

Our View:

an experience
shared across generations
our everyday life

Transcontinental

leaves dipped in silver
Cartagena at Christmas
aspens sparkle bright

three languages shared
tapas’ tastes mingled in mouths
a tree to top all

their legs race uphill
grasping youth of December
how i love my girls

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Be Obscure. Clearly

my six a.m. voice
travels across our heart line
you always speak truth

i wait for her words
though i know they’ll never come
my childhood relived

how I’ve ached for this
flash of your love from a dream
you my new ideal

hidden in moments
these cryptic windows of life
they’ll never find us

Españalution

early morning dark

we part with unanswered moon

new day hope awaits

 

history beckons

brighter than a ship’s home flag

Españalution

 

the wallet declines

what Señor Pérez offered

why some tell us no

 

words cannot define

Barcelona’s blue sky view

man made God-loved art

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A Day in Barcelona

desperate sudden death
left an unmatched legacy
work, faith eternal

excitement below
bubbled above on steep hike
energetic youth

magic night fountain
frosting Catalunya’s cake
Barça imprinted

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Historical Dreams

after the statue
they crave more about Colón
whose gesture marks dreams

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La Catedral

new discovery
buried two thousand years deep
family’s source of life

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