Ghosts in the Drive – Thru – by Christian Garduno
You’re a Nachos BellGrande Combo
I’m just a Grande Nacho Box
chasing ghosts in the drive-thru [open til 1 a.m.]
on those nights we had to triple layer the blankets
I made the mistake of wanting everything, too
loving mas
plans crumble apart like a 3-day-old mexican pizza
we’re halfway to nowhere
Forever ago for me was just yesterday for you
our love is a 7-layer burrito, all mixed up inside together
you were keeping the beat with your teeth
our hearts swirling around in a large cup of Baja Blast
blue lights blue candles blue dreams
the curtain’s falling on our last invincible season
time has really pulled a number on us
the further we want out, the deeper in we go
Bio
Christian Garduno edited the compilation Evolver and his own solo poetry collection Face as a History undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley. His work can be read in over 40 literary magazines, including Riza Press, where his poem, “The Return”, was a 2019 Finalist in their Multimedia contest. He is the recipient of the national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry 2019. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan. His newest work is a poetry chapbook, “Love Above the Armstrong Limit”.