A sharp fantastic little poem

[Sherry Darling]

Forward to Lou Dobbs stat!

My NATIVE COSTUME
by Martin Espada

When you come to visit,
said a teacher
from the suburban school,
don’t forget to wear
your native costume.

But I’m a lawyer,
I said.
My native costume
is a pinstriped suit.

You know, the teacher said,
a Puerto Rican costume.

Like a guayabera?
The shirt? I said.
But it’s February.

The children want to see
a native costume,
the teacher said.

So I went
to the suburban school,
embroidered guayabera
short sleeved shirt
over a turtleneck,
and said, Look kids,
cultural adaptation.

 

[Varitek]

haha I like it.

The way the weather is on the East Coast, though, we might still be wearing short sleeve shirts in Feb.

 

[MsPurrl]

haha I like it.

The way the weather is on the East Coast, though, we might still be wearing short sleeve shirts in Feb.

Here in Indiana, too--it's 93 today, but supposed to cool off to the 60s the next few days.