Te Amo Mi Chorizo Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

FOR MARIA

That I had been kinder would have been better now
You like the driven snow, me like the driven sleet.
Your mother told you: ‘Older men have sharp teeth
Beware of lust and desire and the storms beneath -
Cuidado con lujuria y el deseo'.

That I had been kinder, it would have been better so
You with your angelic freckled face and flame-red hair:
‘I will fill you with babies and leave you in a council flat'.
And you pouted and held back tears: ‘Don't be malo:
Te amo mi chorizo - I love you silly sausage'.