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Café de Olla
 I. steeped coffee
what about it
the way the wave breaking
next to the jetty
then comb pushes
old school
foam and cream
to the shore
II. cinnamon sticks
what about it
fins
stitching darts
before the wave
sharp inhale
and collapses
III. panela
what about it
thinking
and so I say
this Neptune and Nereid
is where I fell down
a year ago,
one of many places
one like it in Vallarta too.
During the wave's lifetime
he says, and I think
how many lives
have I watched, just then
end, as he secures
surfboard and roof rack
talk of point breaks and
large fetch, and
"during the wave's lifetime"
he says, and how it goes
did it collect nicknacks
photo albums and pets
a shore break, he tells me
and how that one goes
life curtailed
I call it curtains
the humph and the falling
coconut
skin the wind
flesh the swell and fall
pit the foam
white blood
marrow, bone.
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