Tere says she doesn't believe the Sadam Hussein "we" (you countrymen, she says, smiling and why the hell am I suddenly proud to be an american jeeeez what a fracking imperialist I am at heart thank you elementary school and high school and allllllll those plessed bledges af olldgiants yes I am)
where was I... oh yeah she say Look, Look AT Him... how could HE be the one? Don't you know with all the money and power he is hidden away somewhere in some country somehow and this poor body double, this clone, is all, is Not Him no, I don't believe it no.
not satan clausein
yesterday ayer fuimos we went to the beach a playas para ver a nuestra amiga to see our friend Luisa who often has translated with me
we had tacos at a delicious little stand TACOS POLO on PASEO de LAS PLAYAs between the BULLRING and EL TIGRE (the big red furniture store)
delicious delicious delicious but tacos now cost more than a dollar apiece and people just keep on eating and eating and eating them I had five oh my god what a pig Tere had three and a quesadilla and Luisa ate four
then we went down to that café something 32, latitude 32 or something it sits on the malecon walkway above the beach looking out over the sand and the sea very hip very very cool and on Sunday evening the drummers come to play but only two had come for an early session before we left the real action doesn't start until dark but we were invited to Luisa's house and well when you are invited to someone's home -- especially someone as nice as Luisa's Mamá -- you just don't give it up for almost anything no not
there was no real sunset too cloudy. We walked along through the crumbling twilight gray grey and turned inland into the blocks and blocks of houses that make up Playas de Tijuana until we reached Luisa's house
and soon her cousin Franco M came over and we talked about some poems Elizabeth C has written to go along with some of his paintings
los ahogados... and he had brought a portfolio with the paintings in the size he wants to print as an art book with Elizabeth's poems either side by side, or even better, he said, as plastic overlays you can read through right on top of the pictures mmmmm
I almost wet my brain with the possibility of translating some of her poems they are realllllly good I...
I will do a few drafts and let them decide whether they want to work with me or not... and of course there is always the possibility of someone else already in mind
Eduardo would be excellent, knows the tongue and writes poetry too, and will probably write a small analytical/critical essay to put in the book and
I had always hoped to get to know some artists here and live here and finally finally learn better Spanish but I never, Never, NEVER dreamed it actually could come true
wow is all I can say
what artists
wow
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I wrote a few lines of verse in the cafe while the girls were talking
nothing special, just a flavor of the place. actually, as I look at them I think they are candidates for a bad poetry award yes no but hey I write a lottttt offfff baaaaad poetry in case you hadn't noticed heh ha ho
