Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Jesse Tovar

El Desmadre via al Tren

 

On a sunny day,

morning time,

Lars spoke to a skater.

 

The skater told Lars

about a house party

where a skate video

would premiere.

 

Sounds familiar.

Did he dream this

in Spanish?

 

En el tren,

yo siento proximo

a un hombre

que tiene unas

Sam Adams

y vino.

 

El hombre ya se ha bebido una

Sam Adams.

 

Hablamos sobre à la lugares

que vamos.

 

El hombre dice que

va a una reunión en una casa.

 

Lars did, but

this is real.

 

Shortly before

sunset,

Lars pulls up

to the house.

 

The house was built in 1886.

It’s two-stories.

Big cement backyard.

Furnished with

colored glass art

and tarot decor.

 

It’s known for offering

a food pantry

out front

from sunrise to noon.

 

Lars runs into

a skater’s friend.

This is a reunion alright.

 

Lars met this person,

Torrey,

at a diner

because he worked there.

(Lars found out here that he had quit a while back.)

Lars tried to

have conversations

with this person,

but he wasn’t receptive.

 

He wasn’t receptive at work.

Fair enough.

 

Lars ran into Torrey

in the streets.

Wasn’t receptive.

 

Lars met Torrey’s

friend at a convenience store.

Lars saw this skater’s

friend at the diner.

Lars had a conversation

with Crowley

at the diner.

He thought he could

speak to Torrey

now that he’s cool

with Crowley.

Wasn’t receptive.

 

At the house,

Lars greets Torrey.

Torrey actually

acknowledges him.

They actually have

a conversation

about writing

on skateboarding.

 

The point here,

reader, is that after

some time, Lars and Torrey

can be cool with one another

after Lars got past

his misunderstandings

about Torrey.

Lars and Torrey cheers’d

over a beer and

enjoyed the skate video.

 

Oh, and that skater

who told Lars about the skate video

watch party,

Lars said what’s up

to him and met

his baby mama

and baby.



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