Monday, October 13, 2014

Bilingual Poem



Poema Bilingue

Yo soy de the TV
De the fridge y the cupboards
Yo soy del exotic jungle in my backyard
The cool chill of the basement
Yo soy de the rosebush
El enormous cedar tree in my driveway
Whose long gone limbs I remember
As if they were my own

Soy de loudness y stubborn people
De Petroula y Hristo
Yo soy de arguing y complaining
Y de being late to every event

Yo soy de respecting others y family comes first
Y love each other
Soy de family dinners
Yo soy de Portland and Greece
Souvlaki y Spanacorizo
De the lamb roasted by my uncle
Seasoned with lemon through the rotation of the spit
My papou's rundown house
Laying in the village of Prosimni
Waiting to be occupied once more

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