Svelte Rose Timmer
Of Healthy Communities of Brownsville
Wants to ingratiate herself with our viejitos
"De Fiesta Con Mis Abuelos," she has named her brainchild
Since when, we wonder
Has she loved our elderly:
Once it was fashionable
Or once it was profitable?
The Catholics already bless the pooches
And the shrimp boats in the harbor
But who'll make over the tlacuachitos
Run over by speeding cars?
The dead and dying
Ply the city's streets
Dodging the homeless
Buying their mandadito with the monthly check
Downtown is now a playground for the young
With money, honey
They shut down cantinitas and congales
And drove out the viejitos and viejitas
Who used to come to La Marqueta a pistear
Y al bailongo
Downtown is now a playground for the young
With money, honey
They shut down cantinitas and congales
And drove out the viejitos and viejitas
Who used to come to La Marqueta a pistear
Y al bailongo
Like Bean used to say
"Always a fiesta"
Manana we'll worry about housing
Income, sidewalks and bus shelters
But for now, Timmer - like Bean - says
"A bailar abuelita"