Trinidad Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Trinidad



“And the lady she hails from Trinidad
Island of the spices
Salt for your meat, and cinnamon sweet
And the rum is for all your good vices”

Jimmy Buffet wrote about the islands,
Of native people whose name is known as the Caribe,
Not of Colorado where there is a Trinidad,
The climate, to the beach goers, was to deceive.

The Lady, if hailed from Trinidad surrounded by land,
Probably was a man first, before she became a woman,
And her vices yet bountiful,
Trinidad, Colorado became the world’s first sex change capitol.

Too bad Billy in Pueblo, had no sense of direction,
He was apparently known as the hooking, cross dressing tv,
For decades he donned his feminine persona,
Why didn’t he go all the way? It sure beats me.
I happened to spot Billy one day,
In the morning,
I stopped the truck to give him clearance on the road,
as he waived his gratitude toward me,
Or was he inviting me to participate is vice his way?

Or maybe he thought I looked like a senator from Idaho,
Or a monsignor from the Vatican, (see observation Homo Erectus)
Or from South Park, Mr. Garrison,
Some Colorado residents thought it might be cute,
To name their city Trinidad,
Trinidad you should a file defamation of island suit.

(10-16-07)

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Hamtramck, Michigan
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