Monday, December 17, 2012

Creation 1 - Poem

                                                  A Toast to Where I’m From
Abuelita is always cooking, Mami is always working.
Where the Puertorican blood is thick, because I was born into the culture not the land.
Where the loud Spanish music plays and the rhythm goes from my body into my brain
Hips are like a washing machine,
Feet so quick like NYC’s rush hours.
Where translating isn't viewed as a job but a way of life.
Our people are supposed to stick together, but instead we fight.
New cultures are introduced to me, but does that change what I am?
These different cultures mixed with some of my sazon and adobo,
                                                          Is what made me who I am.

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