"Gringo"

My camera is a noose around my neck.

Dark faces with wondering eyes

Gaze as I journey through this maze.

I am a stranger in this land.

Staring through my black hair

They can read my mind in Spanish

Then vanish.

Mayan minds as thick as land mines.

Rewind.

Were they laughing

Or was it just the wind?

Dirt wraps around my ankles

And pulls me in.