of sandra's, again, so many good to choose from. i used to read 'eleven' at my daughter's school when it was time for parent's to come in and share stuff. it was my daughter's favorite. i just love sandra's overall sassy defiant attitude. one story about her married lover where she put jelly bears or something in the wife's lipstick, tampons, etc....'made' me to the same thing to a married lover's wife's stuff. even sent her a 'gift' of jelly bears to her work place. she thought they might be poisoned and threw them out. i guess i just 'identify' with sandra.
~snake
eleven
~Sandra Cisneros
i told susan reyna
i don't like her
because she's fat and ugly
and she wears big brassieres
and smells like chocolate candy
and comes in late each morning
with her tongue puff puffing
and her wrinkled blouse
half in half out
and who probably stole
walter milky's money
and never gives back pencils
just sleeps all day
while we do numbers
or all the time in a red pen
she got for her birthday
writes Susan Susan Susan
in fancy letters
the nun says
we must be kind
to everyone
or rot in fires
including Susan
who is sick
and has the fits
till she gets tired
then two boys
have to hold her legs
down and one girls her dress
and she gets to sleep all day
and wakes with crumpled hair
and spit
this
is who I told
I don't like you
because you stink
of chocolate
and mestruation
and who is sick
already 48 hours
but i don't care
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