Acapulco Goldie
Acapulco Goldie - meaning Summary
Fleeting Romance and Deception
A narrator recounts a brief, intoxicating encounter with Acapulco Goldie in a Mexican cantina. She appears childlike yet worldly, mixing Spanish and English as she promises intimacy for money. The evening of drinking, smoking, and meeting a dealer ends with betrayal: the speaker is left duped or robbed. The poem captures a mix of desire, naivety, and the sting of being deceived during a fleeting, exoticized romance.
Read Complete AnalysesShe was dancin' when I seen her, in a Mexican cantina In a neighborhood they call 'La Zona Roja'. She had a child's smile, but she told me in a while It would take a lot of gold to get to know her. Acapulco Goldie, donde did you go. You said you'd always hold me But you run away with me Acapulco Gold. I knew there's no one cuter, then she said she was a puta. I said, 'What does puta mean?' And she told me...oh no... Then we went to meet a dealer, we smoke and drink tequila. Then the lights went out and I guess that's when she rolled me. Just like Acapulco Goldie, por que did you go. You said you'd always hold me. But you vamos away with me Acapulco Gold. Ya ya, you run away with me Acapulco Gold.
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