Closing In

An older lady I met in Tepoztlan

said: "It was a paradise here,

fifty years ago."

It's relative, I guess...sure; more

taxis...more people on weekends...

compared to shopping malls

condos, etc., it's still a paradise

bountiful cornucopia of life, flowers,

mountains, rain, wind, people

connected to that, so, real...

...but..."Fifty years ago it was a 

paradise"...so...closing in...

even here.