COMEDY Poem: Little Havana, by Zachariah Wendrof

Little Havana,
my parents call it
Northeast Coral Gables

My landlord is Cuban
and Jewish
Juban—
which means he has two gold chains
one of them is real
the other is re-al

A single-family home
divided into six units
for the thirty-six
of us

No alarm clock
every morning at 8am
it’s ¡quiquiriquí!
even the roosters speak Spanish

Panoramic views
of all the ventanitas
I can order at the window
through my window

Up all night
thinking of a colada
that I didn’t share

Tossing and turning
on the toilet
and that was without milk
a cafe con leche
might kill me