Someplace Else | Sarah A. Rae

Sarah A. Rae’s poems have appeared in a variety of print and online journals, including Burlesque Press, Tata Nacho Press, fieralingue, Solamente en San Miguel, and the bilingual Mexican journal Revista Blanco Y Negro. Her translations of poems by the Mexican poet Guadalupe Ángela can be found in the online journal Ezra. A native of Champaign, Illinois, she has worked as a high school educator and guidance counselor in the Chicago area for most of her career. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans.   The Night Bus Leaving Mexicostops at the always-open roadside stand. I choose cacajuates japonésesand those con salsa verde—your favorite snack,then doze as Steve McQueen speaks Spanishin a film whose name I can’t remember. In Monterrey I dream of getting off,but inertia holds me thick, and Turistarpersists—now climbing on and on, still on to the border. I pay the tax on my mescal, show receipts, try to convincemyself I can’t recall your smile. I buyMcDonal