Mexico '78

Farwestern Photo by Gregg M. Erickson

 Mexico '78

Yuma dust storm
Middle of the night
Mexicali dirty pool
Somehow a welcome sight

Bursting bottles of Jarritos
Back of a Ford pick-up truck
400 more miles of heat
“Sorry kids you’re out of luck”

Very soon the Sea of Cortez
Port of Guaymas noxious fumes
Diesel and dead fish
The coast of Baja…
Seems like a distant wish

Load the truck on the ferry
In several disorderly lines
Ignoring our query
“Why is it taking so much time?”

Then the rough seas
Belching ferry stack
A sneering squad of MP’s
A mid-meal vomit attack

Santa Rosalia
Starch white buildings
Quiet and clean
White hot streets
Baja beaches gleam

Playa Santispac
A collision of desert and sea
Primitive campsite
No place we’d rather be

Nights spent under starlight
Days on our own private beach
The cabana a beautiful sight
Rest of the world out of reach

Powerful childhood memories
Don’t seem so long ago
Ready to retrace my steps
Along the coast of old Mexico

Jesse Alberson

8/21/13

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Unknown said…
This brings all back, good job Jess. Love, Aimita
August 21, 2013 at 7:53 PM
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