I could have your descendants
but would they be black enough

could we still link
in international orange
if I buy a watercolor set?

I eat salsa
like my Irish ancestors
discovered
the tomato sauce
first and maybe maybe mostly in restaurants

i bring it home
fresh
from Wal-Mart
where I spoke with
him in Spanish
had the nuance
to cue senorita
even though I could've
been a mujer