Broken Spanish
Sunburned and
Blind to the beggars
Offering sin and sisters
We moved among the Santos and
Windmills made of coffee cans
Spread on vibrant blankets
Shades of blue bahias,
Yellows bound by reds
"Very Cheap. Very fine"
Selling words, selling wool
The hawk-eyed vender saw
Anna stroke the rain bowed wool.
He swooped down discounting
"For You! Today!
My mother's prices!"
We respond in Pigeon English
Shouting louder: pricing lower.
He wraps her gently in the rain bowed blanket
"Can our pigeons out-fly the hawk?"
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBACDBEFGHGIJKLMNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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