1100 Popocatepetl Poem by John Knight

It was on my list of things
To see, before I went to Glory!
Things volcanic, things majestic
Things natural - like Old Faithful.

Like an overgrown schoolboy
I ticked them off in a scuffy
Home-made eye-spy book
I started fifty years ago!

It contained hundreds of entries.
The Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal
(Was that an Indian take-away?)
The Twin Towers and Ground Zero!

Popocatepetl was cospicuous
By his absence until one October day
I received an invitation to my brother's
marriage to Catalina Titizahua.

Saturday 23 November 2002
Tenoch 13 - Puebla - Mexico
Because I was the Best Man
And fluent in Spanish - I went!

The wedding was very spectacular
Very Mexican and very Aztec.
After all the excitement - I sat on the roof
Of Tenoch 13 - contemplating life.

Nobody had warned me - familiarity I guess
The evening sky was very clear.
I knew his profile - and he smoked languidly
To confirm his identity - POPOCATEPETL!

This Poem is dedicated to my lovely Sister in Law - Catlina Titzahuha - qui es una Princessa Azteca! ! ! !

(John Knight - UK)