• Walking the Mozarabe in Spain 

Esperanza(Hope)  22/6/2016 Hueneja,Spain

Espera for what?

A phone that connects to my prima

A glimpse of that water in the river

When soldiers walked with Isabelle and Ferdinand

To  conquer Granada.

Frio in a bus shelter

Alsa bus just gone past

No prima here

Shes stuck between Granada and Hueneja I fear.

Espera

Hasta Manana

Shes not on that bus

But no wifi  here

and can’t work Movistar

Have to wait on in this bar

Habla with Espanoles about mi prima from afar

Stuck on that bus

Or sitting in a bar

Waiting for Wifi contact

From me.

No buses stop here today he says

Wifi mas tarde

When? Cuando? I ask

Muy tarde he says

And passes me the vino temparillo.

Espera mañana I say

Watch the old men play

In this smoky bar.

But next afternoon I walk to the busstop in the sun

Siesta time

She steps out of a bus

Mi prima

Bag on back

Holding her straw hat

Ready to walk the Camino