Splashes

by Michael Dylan Welch and Ernesto Pangilinan Santiago

First published in the “Hands Across the Water” special issue of The Bamboo Hut in December 2018, page 43. Also available on Amazon. Originally written on 6 June 2011, at the Phoenix Inn in Bend, Oregon.

summer rain—

the marching band

continues to play Michael

sweat runs down

my tuxedo Ernesto

whitewater—

a pinecone follows

the overturned kayak Michael

the colors of drinks

along the bar—

visiting in-laws Ernesto

the sandcastle’s moat

filling with the tide Michael

autumn wind—

the taxi splashes

my blind date’s dress Ernesto