"20. Avoid foreign languages. It is a bad habit. Write in English." (For Diez Mil)
When we wake up we have café au lait
With a sinuate fractal of crème de menthe on top.
The leitmotif of wanderlust has permeated
Our dreams once again,
A momento mori that gives us pause.
For all the travelling, we seem to get nowhere.
Ni modo.
We bathe ourselves in mole, coffee and sugar,
Sing boleros and rancheras to the rabbit moon,
Make pictures with cempazuchitl petals.
For us, ennui is a fait accompli that cannot be outrun,
So we roll our r's and palatalize our l's
And comfort ourselves with the lingua franca that
Suits us best.
*Foreign phrases commonly used in English
I read and re-read and re-leer again. I walk to oxxo with you. Amor.
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