Tremendous Life
Tremendous Life
Astonishing Accomplishment
Rendered invisible
Visibility means something
to us
To Struggle through POVERTY
An Assassination of an Indigenous Husband
Erasure of Culture
But still you CHANT
From your hospital bed you CHANT
You CHANT like Always
those old prayers worth chanting
Chanting all the way from Durango
The Mexico that let us all down
Some grandmothers/ ABUELITAS
knit, tell stories, bake cupcakes,
form HOUSEHOLDS
But all you did Abuelita is play the Man in our lives
Be our PROVIDER!
bring us to Los Estados Unidos, Al Norte
pa pensar nueva vida
Y hay no la pasamos
And you CHANT
--Today, I chant with you, Abuelita!
Tengo tu Virgensita que te cuido por tanto ano
I have your Virgensita
And I'll drive the provider car
that you have left empty
Porque como Mujer tambien puedo ser hombre
Pa que veas que las viejas si sirven pa algo
audio
By Deborah Godinez 2011 ©
Astonishing Accomplishment
Rendered invisible
Visibility means something
to us
To Struggle through POVERTY
An Assassination of an Indigenous Husband
Erasure of Culture
But still you CHANT
From your hospital bed you CHANT
You CHANT like Always
those old prayers worth chanting
Chanting all the way from Durango
The Mexico that let us all down
Some grandmothers/ ABUELITAS
knit, tell stories, bake cupcakes,
form HOUSEHOLDS
But all you did Abuelita is play the Man in our lives
Be our PROVIDER!
bring us to Los Estados Unidos, Al Norte
pa pensar nueva vida
Y hay no la pasamos
And you CHANT
--Today, I chant with you, Abuelita!
Tengo tu Virgensita que te cuido por tanto ano
I have your Virgensita
And I'll drive the provider car
that you have left empty
Porque como Mujer tambien puedo ser hombre
Pa que veas que las viejas si sirven pa algo
audio
By Deborah Godinez 2011 ©
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