Desde Aqui

From my window out here there can be much to see

First are the vines that creep and crawl  around 

Then is abuela's garden with a few stray flowers

Some are pink and very bright at that 

They stand out amongst so much dirt and give the garden a song

If there is some breeze they will dance but that they usually save for the night

After that is the street

Wide one both sides separated in between 

With bricks that have been painted red surrounding a bed for the trees 

The tops of the beds are school bus yellow and serve as the tag bases for the neighbors playing tag

The merengue blasts and the whole barrio hears it

From whose house Rosita? or Maybe it's the boys

Whoever it is it doesn't seem to matter because those girls haciendo oficios sweep just fine to the words of Raulin's Nereeeydaaaa…

With no shoes they walk around making sure they won't miss a spot

They scrub hard and good too keep the house looking spotless

Rene swings by on his bike with the yani's singing his song that is almost a rap

con queso, de pollo, con carne también it's sheer brilliance what he does taking those tunes for food

The girls stop their work and hand him their coins of 5 pesos each

They munch and chew and close their eyes

Letting the afternoon sun catch their faces 

Now their thirsty after all that harina 

Leticia gets up and skips to the colmado asking Felix por un redrock

The cups were ready and soon get filled

With that raspberry fizzing that chills and yet tickles

ah how sweet it is 

Sweet indeed is the view from my window

-B.