2026

More guys named Ringo
Shirt front open
Curly orange chest hair

Hummus & alfalfa sprout sandwiches

In 2026

More singers who look like
Sing like Mama Cass
Big Mama Thornton
In 2026

More attempts to go surfing
On Lake Michigan
The will to surf
Will rise the waves
Will stir the frames of shipwrecks
Up to the surface
For us to explore
In 2026

More fash learning Spanish
Reading Paz, Nicolás Guillén,
José Martí, Nicanor Parra,
Gabriela Mistral, Cortázar
Their minds reeling
They discover artists
Writing in Spanish
Who live in the US
What?!
They stumble onto the Xicago scene

They read Febrónio Zataraín's
Febrónimos

"Dios se está muriendo. Hay una vía para salvarlo: sintamos compasión por Él."
(God is dying. There is a way to save Him: we feel compassion for Him)
"Estaba en el monte y veía el mar; estoy en el mar y no lo veo."
(I was on the mountain and I saw the sea; I am in the sea and I do not see it)
In 2026