Anaheim

Anaheim, Disney World,
boulevards lined with palms
and gardens well tended
in early hours before
the anxious days begin
of children's excitement
and adult tedium.

We walk from the Hyatt
two blocks in behind,
find bungalows well kept
with verdant green lawns, trees
flowering, no litter
to be seen, quieter
the further we venture.

Small strip malls with signs that
read Spanish advertisements,
the shop that sells liquor,
exotic tequilas.
We enter a diner
that tells us in pictures
what we can expect to
eat we sit down, order
with gestures and smiles, this
is a special unique world.