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At the Party (for Saad, In Memoriam)

Olga Garcia

 

 
no one knows the color of my panties
their blues a camouflaged secret

basmati with cardamon and saffron
–an erotic dance in my nostrils–

Arabic   English   Spanish  
mingle around the kebab.
mint   grape leaves   and   baklava  
thrash away my despair

an oasis of jasmine and orange blossoms
ravished by a golden cooked light
as we are introduced

his hand ignites the Lilith in me
his neck   an offering of psalms to kiss
his mouth   an act of honey and sweet almonds
the Song of Songs   a tunic on me as i hear his voice

fate——his sensual eyes on me!

 

 

Olga Garcia was born and raised in Torreón, México. A Physics and Mathematics major, she writes poetry in English and Spanish. Her work has been published in local and international anthologies.A member of the Advisory Board of San Diego Writers Ink, she lives seven minutes away from the Tijuana-San Diego border.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Consecration

Olga Garcia

                      after a photo in a Tijuana  newspaper
 

 

in the wasteland, over a flattened plastic garbage bag as altar for their consecration, the two heads face each other.

someone puts invisible tape on their eyelids to hold open their eyes,
grooms their hair and in vain, closes their mouths.

All this Holy Coliseum for their debutant photo on Tijuana’s front page!
           
listen to their inner demons invoke their ruptured scrotums,
their severed necks and beer bellies.

listen to the hissing of Santa Muerte* in the strangled breath.

 

*Holy Death: the custom of worshipping death derived from the Aztecs and still practiced in Mexican culture. Recently, this custom has gained popularity with criminal gangs and drug cartels. 

 

 

Olga Garcia was born and raised in Torreón, México. A Physics and Mathematics major, she writes poetry in English and Spanish. Her work has been published in local and international anthologies.A member of the Advisory Board of San Diego Writers Ink, she lives seven minutes away from the Tijuana-San Diego border.

 

 

 

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