Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience

Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience — page 5
My Name Is Juanita I am Mexican I live in New York I am Latina Get up Juanita levántate m’hija My mother’s voice is impatient Come on it’s getting late I’ll miss my bus I don’t want to upset her so I get up I sit at the table where breakfast is already waiting My brothers devour steaming tortillas and huevos rancheros eggs cooked just as they like them We leave the apartment together Dios los bendiga m’hijos May God bless you my mother calls out rushing to catch the bus that will take her to work Between the tall buildings of the never-ending street 8