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l. A clash of worlds
May 23, 2015
When my mother
was a little girl
she wielded a stick
and defended her sister
and all that their people stood for
from a boy who pulled her hair
and made fun of her accent
she charged at the boy
swinging her sword
with battle cries
tearing from her mouth
in thick, clumsy english––
"You hit my sister!"
she chased him away,
swatting at his head as he ran
and when he was gone
she comforted her sister
in the language
which came easily to them
and did not make them feel
like their tongues
were too thick
for their mouths
"Todo bien"
© Jessica E. Pelham, AL
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