Gary Soto
Fresno, California
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1.
A Red Palm
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You're in this dream of cotton plants.
You raise a hoe, swing, and the first weeds
Fall with a sigh. You take another step,
Chop, and the sigh comes again,
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You raise a hoe, swing, and the first weeds
Fall with a sigh. You take another step,
Chop, and the sigh comes again,
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Saturday At The Canal
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I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.
School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,
An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our team
Was going to win at night. The teachers were
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School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,
An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our team
Was going to win at night. The teachers were
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Mission Tire Factory, 1969
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All through lunch Peter pinched at his crotch,
And Jesús talked about his tattoos,
And I let the flies crawl my arm, undisturbed,
Thinking it was wrong, a buck sixty five,
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And Jesús talked about his tattoos,
And I let the flies crawl my arm, undisturbed,
Thinking it was wrong, a buck sixty five,
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4.
The Drought
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The clouds shouldered a path up the mountains
East of Ocampo, and then descended,
Scraping their bellies gray on the cracked shingles of slate.
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East of Ocampo, and then descended,
Scraping their bellies gray on the cracked shingles of slate.
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5.
After Tonight
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Because there are avenues
Of traffic lights, a phone book
Of brothers and lawyers,
Why should you think your purse
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Of traffic lights, a phone book
Of brothers and lawyers,
Why should you think your purse
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The Tale of Sunlight
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Listen, nephew.
When I opened the cantina
At noon
A triangle of sunlight
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When I opened the cantina
At noon
A triangle of sunlight
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7.
Late Confession
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Monsignor, I believed Jesus followed me
With his eyes, and when I slept,
An angel peeled an orange
And waited for me to wake up.
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With his eyes, and when I slept,
An angel peeled an orange
And waited for me to wake up.
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8.
How Things Work
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Today it's going to cost us twenty dollars
To live. Five for a softball. Four for a book,
A handful of ones for coffee and two sweet rolls,
Bus fare, rosin for your mother's violin.
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To live. Five for a softball. Four for a book,
A handful of ones for coffee and two sweet rolls,
Bus fare, rosin for your mother's violin.
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Graciela
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Wedding night
Graciela bled lightly
But enough to stain his thighs
And left an alphabet
Of teeth marks on his arm.
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Graciela bled lightly
But enough to stain his thighs
And left an alphabet
Of teeth marks on his arm.
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10.
Self-Inquiry before the Job Interview
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Did you sneeze?
Yes, I rid myself of the imposter inside me.
Did you iron your shirt?
Yes, I used the steam of mother's hate.
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Yes, I rid myself of the imposter inside me.
Did you iron your shirt?
Yes, I used the steam of mother's hate.
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