IF YOU DON'T EAT ANYTHING Poem by Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy

IF YOU DON'T EAT ANYTHING



My grandmother used to say:

if tonight you eat white corn
tomorrow the clouds will keep you company;

if you eat yellow corn
the sun will give you shadow;
if you don't eat anything
the day won't have any color.

Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: clouds,grandmother
poem poems color tomorrow yellow clouds Grandmother
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