I’m Wishing For A Brown Christmas

By
Juan Manuel Perez
– November 22, 2011Posted in: Local Writers & Poets, Poetry

I’m Wishing For A Brown Christmas

A re-envisioning for Lalo Alcaraz

I’m wishing for a brown Christmas
Smelling tortillas on the stove
Where the menudo glistens
And the barrio listens
To hear if Pancho Clos will show

I’m longing for a brown Christmas
With each tamale that I eat
Nourish well and put on some pounds
May your Christmas always be brown

Still hoping for a brown Christmas
With sweet mesquite burning outside
If it’s cold we’ll shiver
Yet, likely hot this winter
One day it might just snow outside

I’m longing for a brown Christmas
With each buñuelo that I eat
Nourish well and put on some pounds
May your Christmas always be brown

JuanMPerez.com

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About Juan Manuel Perez

2011-2012 Poet Laureate for the San Antonio Poets Association, Juan Manuel Perez is a native of La Pryor, Texas, and son to second Generation Mexican-Americans. He is also a former Navy/Marine Medic and currently a high school history teacher. Juan served in the First Gulf War earning the title of combat medic and extending his expertise to civilians in Florida in 1992 during the Hurricane Andrew operation. He enjoys reading and writing prose and poetry and poetry about Mexican culture, history, horror, science fiction, and his beloved comic books. He is also the author of 6 chapbooks including BENEATH THE TIGHTS (2006), WITHIN THE FUNNY COLORED PAGES (2006), and the SPIRIT OF MOTECUHZOMA II, 2nd. ed. (2006). The author is also a member of the San Antonio Poets Association, San Angelo Writers' Club, and the Science Fiction Poetry Association.