Courteous Gringo: a poem by Dustin King. Number 4 in Volume Thirteen of our limited-edition Summer Kitchen Series.

[ cover: Victorian wallpaper, 1879 ]

Publication:  September 30, 2025
Limited edition – only 49 copies
21 pages
$ 12.00

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Dustin King would always rather be sneaking a bottle of wine into a movie theater. When nothing good is playing, he teaches Spanish and exchanges dreams with loved ones in Richmond, Virginia. His poems pop up in The Potomac Review, The Tusculum Review, Ligeia, and other rad spots. He is a Best of the Net nominee and a poetry editor for Sublunary Review. He curates the poetry and performance event “Yodel Farm.” His previous chapbook, Last Echo, is available from Bottlecap Features. Find out more about Dustin’s poetry on his Instagram feed.

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from Courteous Gringo

. . . Welcome
to paradise, whoops Juan over
and over into a  duct-taped
microphone. I can feel it coming in
the air tonight . . . Oh lord. I despise
Genesis but I can’t not sing along.

. . . Eduardo asks why gringos say
that’s funny but don’t laugh.
The ocean is so many blues:
flint, turquoise, celadon, lilac,
too mesmerizing for poetry.
The sunset comes out
scrunched, colors muted,

the moon a dirty pinprick over
blurry coastline. We grin big
and take the selfie anyway. 

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