on the perils of being a bilingual twentysomething (in the united states of america & europe)

[doginnighttime]

i.

as a child i was sick
almost always. half-deaf
and absent-minded with
boiling liquid running out
of my nose, making noises
like a panicked dog.

my grandmother
who like all grandmothers
had the faculties to
see the future -
dedicated me

with best-founded science
to caridad del cobre
who is also ochun

Comments

[susskindhawking]

did you write this?
can i quote it on facebook?

[doginnighttime]

Yes and yes. :D