"MYUNCLE & I." Translated from Spanish, "MI TIO Y YO."

MY UNCLE & I:
WE ATE AND WE DRANK AND WE HAD US A TIME,
WE TOASTED TO LIFE AND TO FAMILY AND WINE;
MY UNCLE & I:
CELEBRATED YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMOROW,
LAUGHING AND HUGGING WITHOUT A CARE OR A SORROW;
MY UNCLE & I:
WENT BACK AND FORTH COMPARING GREY HAIRS AND NOSES,
RECALLED TIMES WITH MY DAD, FROGS, WHISKEY, AND CHOICES;
MY UNCLE:
SAT BACK AND SMILED AS HE GLEEFULLY TOLD ME,
ABOUT ALL OF THE TROUBLE HIS BROTHERS COULD BE;
MY UNCLE:
AT THE END OF THE EVENING HAD A TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE,
IN MEMORY OF MY DAD, A WRIST-WATCH TO TAKE;
MY UNCLE:
CHOSE THE DIGITAL ONE THAT I 'D JUST GONE OUT TO GET,
BUT HE'S STILL WEARING THE ONE FROM THE LAST TIME THEY'D MET;
AND I:
HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SHARING THAT NIGHT I HOLD DEAR,
OF GOOD FOOD AND WATCHES AND REALLY GOOD BEER;
MY UNCLE & I:
SAID OUR GOOD-BYES WITH THE IDEA IN MIND,
"TO GET TOGETHER" AND "DO THIS AGAIN SOMETIME";
AND I KNOW WE WILL-
MY UNCLE AND I:
AND HIS OLDER BOTHER WILL BE THERE NEXT TIME.

ARMANDO PASSED AWAY ON 10/14/00. BEFORE I TOOK HIM OUT TO DINNER A FEW WEEKS AGO
I HAD NOT SEEN MY UNCLE SINCE I WAS 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD.

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