Vol 4 No 1 2010

Verónica, talking

Matthew, talking

Vicente, talking

Aurelia, talking

Kimberly, talking quietly

Aurelia, talking

You think we all come from Mexico
and up here maybe that’s the most.
But also Guatemala – do you know
where that is? And even Colombia
far away as that is from this huerta
far from these apples and pears.
I wonder if you even know these
other countries are in the world
with you. Like you call your country
America but it isn’t – this place is only
los Estados Unidos, the United States
of America, a chunk of a chunk, a piece
of a piece del norte – ¿comprendes? Do you
know Canada has more land, up there
on top of you? Do you know Brazil
is almost as big, and it’s only one part
of América del Sur, the whole south?
You think you know where you are, where
everybody is and should be. But do you?

Judith Arcana