PEDRO TREVINO-RAMIREZ

Josey Cuervo

No other wind pitches through here 
like the type akin to the deputy’s daughter; 
 
her pulse running cold; you’ll feel its tempo; 
earth stopper; even the air will taste like her. 
Don’t look that one in the eye, amigo. 
You watch her dance, then every highway 
plants its end at her doorstep.
 
 
That isn’t the only magic this girl knows: 
senorita plants kisses in dust fields 
 
to tint her twilight flower; men see god 
when they sip that wanton nectar. 
Sit back; drink another brew, than another, 
tonight she’ll break your bones one last time; 
next round's on me, amigo.

© 2003 Pedro Trevino-Ramirez.  All rights reserved.

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