Long Road To
Tijuana
How
long has he been at
the refinery
outside Tula
asleep in his hammock
slung across axles
beneath
extra-long trailer loaded
high with baled
corn-husks
dreaming of his young wife
secure in her love
& how
close his
death? How
much does he have
left to do?
Tula,
Mexico
14
July 1991
[Published in Grasslands.
© 1994 by Jim
Cohn.]
