Montezuma meets Cortes
Pizarro greets Atahualpa
each says I can’t imagine
what will come their interpreters
say neither can we
arm in arm
they walk the coast
the mountain ridge saying
man alive for now
I’ve a husband I’ve a wife
I’ve the freshest kids
learning the newest
dances everyone
is dying and most everyone dying
is happy for spring
Robin Reagler 