Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut and Papaya Juice On Tuesdays
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General) North American (US West Coast - California, Portland)Transcript
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From the house on Mango street is a vignette called Rafa Allah who drinks coconut and papaya juice by Sandra Cros. Rafa Allah who drinks coconut and papaya juice on Tuesdays on Tuesdays. Raphael's husband comes home late because that's the night he plays Domino's. And then Rafa Allah who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much gets locked in doors because her husband is afraid Raphaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at. Rafa Allah leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams. Her hair is like Rapunzel on the corner. There is music from the bar and Rafa Allah wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old. A long time passes and we forget she is up there watching until she says kids. If I give you a dollar, will you go to the store and buy me something? She throws a crumbled dollar down and always asks for coconut or sometimes papaya juice. And we send it up to her in a paper shopping bag. She lets down with clothes line, Rafa Allah who drinks and drinks coconut and papaya juice on Tuesdays and wishes there were sweeter drinks, not bitter, like an empty room, but sweet, sweet. Like the island. Like the dance hall down the street where women much older than her, throw green eyes easily like dice and open homes with keys. And always there is someone offering sweeter drinks, someone promising to keep them on a silver string.