This Be The Curse
THIS BE THE CURSE
My best friend asks me questions
about my habits,
those snippets,
I often wonder about
while the dial tone drowns,
as I try to call home.
Dave,
Why are you
in the bathroom
with the lights off?
Well, I don’t know
to be honest.
Then I remember nuestro hogar.
Porque necesitas luz para cagar?
No le sabes atinar
o que, güerco?
Pedos tan caros, viejo,
Nadamas abre la puerta
Para usar
el solaso
en la sala.
I don’t know what all
Idosyncracies
And memories
I’ll have the pleasure to recall
Between now and when I’m older:
How my mother and father
Accidentally raised me to be green.
How I try to never complain because
I know the Arizona day sun was
Hotter than
Any one of my harder days.
And that I leave my stuff out
Because it’s nice to look at.
David González Valles
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