Tacoland
I was there!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113892215
So there was this punk rock moment in Queen Viktoria’s history where I visited my little brother at Tacoland in San Antonio, Texas. Moses, my littlest brother, was (still is) a hardcore punk rawker! I was three months pregnant with my son, Johnny Angel at the time.
When NPR ran a cover on Ram Ayala’s legacy, his club, Tacoland, and the history of punk rock music in San Antonio, Texas. I was
The Reflecting Pool
The Reflecting Pool
.
On the brightest day
the shaded grey stone
greets me as timeless, wet, and cool;
I kick my feet against the wall I’d entered near…
Pausing briefly, looking back
**
I admire the girth of my kick;
The span of water and space
is noteworthy
between the wall and my foot.
A spray of warm water over head
rains over me
My arms pull me further still
to the wall; to the wall
I seek the a closer front.
The wall is beyond my swimming hands.
I raise my head to
breathe in for the futur
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