Lagostinos, una última vez by ron ostrander

(Puerto Vallarta - Febrero 2023)
 
the sun slips demented
            through palapa fringe
silhouettes roll past
            a brimmed hat wags its tail
 
on an ample belly
            shriveled breasts keep pace
a vendor hoists his tree
            of painted clacking ducks
 
a backwards ball cap
            frees long straight hair
from an ancient hand dangles
            a ten-string in anticipation
 
father and son
            mother trails behind 
a muscle struts
            his tanned naked chest
 
two joggers push past
            a weary hawker
who holds high a wooden board
            of silver Spanish medallions
 
two fisherman
            share a bent pole
with a sun now finished with us
            at thirty-one seconds past seven