At the Well of the Itza

The locals call it Chicken Pizza

Its sacrificial wells and ball courts

silent long before the conquistadors

ignored it and sold the land for

for raising cattle. But the city refused

to be forgotten raising its head

above the jungle that engulfed it.

Its Mayan inhabitants spread far

and wide over lost centuries until

tamed by Spain and the cross of Dios.

The fabled city for intrepid explorers

finally released from the jungle’s arms

and the snake laughs as seasons pass.

Pic from wiki commons