My Rage
Dad’s green fingers Mum’s red rage What does that make? My rage lies in wait behind my smile/ mi sonrisa then pounces upon some unsuspecting victim, never the appropriate target. Mi rio está lleno de ahogados/ full a corpses my river be Only when you start withering you notice your roots are drying, dying, then you might choose to conjure up las hechiceras, tu matrilínea, and remember Elige tu historia Re-invent yourself But tend to the flame In your heart Listen to the drum in your heart comes the lullaby humming softly like the River at the beginning of spring, tales in tow, of All who attempted the crossing. I lay my rage, that sharp stabbing little rage that hides under my plumage like a cockerel spur, mi navaja, across the parched river bed so that water, when it comes, will blunt its edge, So that my tears When they flow Will blunt its edge, and sing...