A Series of Haikus (inspired by Lindsey Leslie and Lauren Spiegel-haiku masters)

The clients line up

I sit spying on my stoop

Front row for the show

The smoke drifts closer

Prompting me to rise up

And place my order

Pollo Asado

Tejadas con Repollo

Y Gallo Pinto

As I sit and eat

Strange piropos fill my ears

What did you call me?

Baby, I love you

Chelita, Gringa, White girl

That is not my name

On bicycles ride

Legs like grasshoppers they fly

Faster and faster

Too fast to catch them

Instead, I focus on me

Life is fantastic

These sights pass by me

On the streets of Corinto

2 years: this is home