They didn’t understand.
They were all Americans now.
He would smile sometimes,
thinking about his youth in Ponce,
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Crafting letters
Poet after birth of senior years
Hidden treasures beginning to explode in words
Insights rediscovering their usage.
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I pledge to maintain
A healthy mind and body,
staying away from the evil of drugs.
I pledge always to try my best to understand
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When she was born
her mother named her Milagros.
Her father was never around.
The neighbors said she was beautiful
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Doña Julia
Committed suicide last night
Cause the welfare department
Demanded too many documents she did not
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She was sitting there.
The lonely traffic passing by.
Thinking of yesterday when Mommy
Used to cry in protest.
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