Gringo

On a scale of "gringo" to "mero mero sabor ranchero", how good is my Spanish?

Ziri is a Gringo.

For several years now, I've had to live with "gringo"-like people, here on Lulu Island.

Before 17:00, at Tim Hortons café, I was enjoying an Iced Coffee with oat milk. At the café, sitting at the long table with a drawing of an ice hockey rink thereon, were three mulattoes and one Asian, all of varying stockiness and handsomeness. Homebound, I noticed the abundant horsetails in the alleyway. At home, I listen to Zouk music in French Creole on my tablet, as well as Gringo Pop from the 1970s to the 1990s. I watch, in Tagalog, Jezelle's Vlog about native Philippine life on Mount Tralala. The later afternoon had clearer skies, here on Lulu Island. It's the 14th of May of 2025.

Tom is a gringo.

Truly it is as Don José tells me; these gringos have come but to make trouble where all was peace.