Joanna Gilman Hyde

Campeche, Mexico

0ctober 16, 2024

8:12 am

Eye am sitting in Eliza’s Tiled Kitchen

hearing a chainsaw going nearby

in This Havoc-seated Town, City

Eye have never been 2 before.

Eliza is still sleeping

on Her Fold-down Couch

while Eye have vacated

The Air-conditioned Bedroom.

She had A Dinner last night, late

in honour of Her 30th Birthday

w/  Her Host/House Mother’s Family

from when Eliza was a foriegn exchange student

half a lifetime ago.

Yesterday too We visited The Mayan Ruins

of Edzna —

a fast 45 minutes South of Campeche —

2 discover The Ancient Stone Towers of Stairs

In The Rain We Arrived

In The Blaring Sun We Climbed

& took pictures of awe- inspiring stone-work

complete w/ Vultures Drying Their Wings

& Iguanas Basking On Timeless Rocks

In The Stillness of That Spiritual Ground —

Eye do not have to visit The Pyramids now.