Sombreron

All the girls would say
that el ocho patas

had Bette Davis eyes
they swooned

out of his spoon
and longed for his caldo

cherished his tamales
even if they found

his barba hair
in the enchanted air

he would ease them
and just please them

he had Bette Davis eyes
and all the girls would sigh

in their giddy Greta Garbo
garb

and el ocho patas would hide from them
underneath his sombreron