bad day

I am tired and angry and I have no idea why. I come home alone... I can't park in the driveway because two people who don't even pay rent are parked there. I hate parking on the street... I am locked out - the deadbolt locked even though it is obvious I am not home, …

Another country

Standing in front of St. Igesius Catholic Church,purple cactus around me,the Bofecillos Mountains rising behind,I watch a Texas tornado sweeptoward the Rio Grande—headed for another country. Like that other country across the Rio Grande,you too are a foreign land—how carelessly you hold my handor kiss my cheek when you say hello.It’s not home, but sometimesit’s …