heard about this poet when I was in DC where salvadorans are the dominant Latino group...yup you heard what I said...
El Salvador at-a-glance
By Quique Aviles
El Salvador at-a-glance
Area: the size of Massachusetts
Population: Not much left
Language: War, blood, broken English, Spanish
Customs: Survival, dance, birthday parties, funerals
Major exports: Coffee, sugar, city builders, busboys, waiters, poets
El Salvador
little question mark
midget with a gun in his hand
belly button of the world
The only country in the world
know for eating its national flower
Little question mark that begins to itch
You were supposed to clean carpets
not ask for time out and dialogue
You were supposed to follow instructions
given in the English language
not go to the garden and write a song
It has been said that pain has the ability to travel
El Salvador’s major cities:
San Salvador
San Miguel
Santa Ana
Los Angeles
San Wachinton, DC
It has been said that pain does not know how to
pose for a green card picture
It has been said that truth has the ability to happen
in the strangest moments
in the strangest cities
under the strangest circumstances
El Salvador in Wachinton
little question mark
little east of the border
migrant earthquake
wet back volcano
banana eating
tortilla making
mustache holder
funny dressing
forever happy
forever sad
forever Wachintonian Salvadorean.
Monday, October 15, 2007
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