Bilingual/Bilingüe by Rhina P. Espaillat
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General) Spanish (General)Transcript
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bilingual bilingual by rina P. S. Pallas. My father liked them separate. One there, one here for ya Yaki. As if aware that words might cut into his daughter's heart. El corazon and lock the alien part to what he was, his memory, his name. Soon hombre with a key he could not claim english outside this door spanish inside, he said basta. But who can divide the world the word Montoya palabra from any child. I knew how to be dumb and stubborn. Desta rueda. Late bed. I hoarded secret syllables. I read until my tongue, my lengua learned to run where his stumbled and still the heart was one. I like to think he knew that even when proud or go yo so of his daughter's pen. He stood outside. My very, so, so half in fear of words he loved but wanted not to hear.