Giselle Interiano
Where I’m From #9
By Giselle Interiano
Inspired by Geroge Ella Lyon
I am from recycled food containers with leftovers instead of yogurt.
From watered down dish soap and Vicks.
I am from mold seeping through the bedroom walls, moist, cold, I CAN’T STOP SNEEZING.
I am from avocado trees with brittle branches and ripe avocados I pick for lunch.
I am from winter’s at 20218 Steinway’s cul de sac, from doña Chanda and Mama Gema.
I am from sarcasm and “you’d be beautiful if only you had my green eyes”.
From “Calladita te ves más bonita” and “I was born a sinner because of that goddamn forbidden…
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