Strawberry Sands
Edgar Ulloa Lujan

(Strawberries Mini Mart),
Mini Súper Las Fresas,
because his strawberries were so good —
in memory of an old man,
brown face,
sombrero,
curly grey hair.
An old man from Uruapán, Michoacán.
Two baskets heaped with strawberries he carried.
He cried out to sell them in the streets:
“Freeeeeeeesaaaaaaas,
Freeeeeeeesaaaaaaas,
Freeeeeeeesaaaaaaas.”