Xmas Day - Somewhere in the Oaxan desert

Spending Xmas Day on a long distance bus trip is never a great idea (although mescal helps pass the time) but today I found love for the humble cactus through the bus window.

Ode To The Cactus - A Xmas Day rhyme to an unlikely saviour

There you stand, indifferent yet proud
Smudging the horizon for miles around
Your shape so clean, even on a slant
Respect is due oh mighty plant
Oh Saguaro your silhouette so iconic and fine
You are a gringo's dream - certainly mine
For all it takes is a hillside hemmed in
With a patchwork of you to remind me again
Gone is the Tube, Gordon Brown and sleet
I am where I should be, in the searing heat
With refrito and spanglish to keep me going
Getting fat on tacos, and the mescal flowing
Quick, - I'm sobering up, I need some more
Before my face smashes into the bus floor
*THUD*