H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

NANCY MERCADO

El Coto Laurel

Dinner with mom

And with tía Carmín

Consists of a heavy soup

We call Sancocho

It consists of stories

About the exquisiteness

Of grandmother’s cooking

How she stretched a sliver of onion

And little garlic cloves

During the Second World War

Enough to cook a pot

Of beans for two nights

How the taste of those beans

Could never be duplicated

Dinner with mom

And with tía Carmín

Consists of a warm sunset

White curtains flowing

In the kitchen

Annoying mosquitoes

Under the table

And highball glasses

Filled with passion juice

2004