Sept 28 - My Credit Card Is Smokin'

I spend the morning
Booking many holidays
Tough problem to have

Sept 27 - Flat Tire On The Trip From San Pedro

You learn fast down here
That going by car isn't
Better than the bus

Sept 26 - An Unfortunate Development At The Human-Rights Workshop

The man beside me
Has bad-smelling hair, but there's
no place I can move

Sept 25 - On The Bus To San Pedro Sula

The bus guy dozes
In the seat across from me
And never brings snacks

Sept 24 - Funeral For a Dead Boy

I cry enough tears
for everyone, even though
I never met him

Sept 23 - A High-Risk But Fun Time At The Fort

Back home they'd shut this
playground down, but in Copan
It's the only one

Sept 22 - My Gig At The Feria Agro-Artesanal

Accordion time
But the folks in Cabanas
Mostly look puzzled

Sept 21 - The Uncomfortable CONIMICHH Dilemma (And Where Did They Get Such Crazy Acronyms, Anyway?)

I've got three days to
Write a proposal on things
I don't know. Good grief.

Sept 20 - When The Bosses Don't Check In With Each Other

Initiative has

A downside when you do work

That no one can use

Sept 19 - The Gringo Gatherings

Wednesdays are the nights

We go to Rodger’s and drink

A bit too much wine

Sept 18 - The Project Without End

More bags of cement
Chains and locks for the cistern
It's not over yet

Sept 17 - The Practicum Students Mess Up And Leave Me To Straighten Things Out

Can't believe they think
A four-page report can be
Done in a heartbeat

Sept 16 - Bratty Kids At The Pool

Oh, they're fun all right
But days like this make you glad
There's a break coming

Sept 15 - At The Independence Day Parade

The corn-dress girl smiles
As if that skirt wouldn't be
Horribly scratchy

Sept 14 - A San Jeronimo Adventure With Edy

I slide down mud slopes
For a photo of soybeans
Stinging ants bite me

Sept 13 - The Filarmonica Performance

The gringos we know
Are all here for the music
Which is fabulous

Sept 12 - A New Friend At La Union II

The little boy stares
and stares. I give him my pen
And he writes "Roni"

Sept 11 - On the Monitoreo

Diakonia
comes to town, and we bump out
to La  Cuchilla

Sept 10 - Nelson, We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This

These lunch hours get
long when the conversation
turns to plumbing woes

Sept 9 - Dia Del Nino At The Hogar

I resented the
cost of all this food, but not
when I see them eat

Sept 8 - Really? The Power's Out Again?

The good thing about
power failures is you get
more than enough sleep

Sept 7 - An Adventure That Doesn't Take All Day

A reasonable trip
To Cabanas, with carpas
And bad Chinese food

Sept 6 - Why Am I Griping About Money To Poor People?

The words leave my mouth
Before I can think how odd
my complaint must sound

Sept 5 - The Gecko On My Computer Bag

I've always wanted
to catch a lizard, but now
I'll let him go free

Sept 4 - I Think I'm A Honduran Now

Dangerous but fun
To be standing in a truck
Watching the world pass

Sept 3 - Another $750, Please

Nelson says we'll need
more money to finish this
Yeah, I figured that

Sept 2 - Jimmy At The Pool Has The Power To Make a 12-Year-Old Want to Change Her Name

Belkis is smitten
She tells us we should call her
Carolina now

Sept 1 - At the Cabanas Feria

There's not much to do
Until the teacher lets me
Watch the band rehearse