Poetry by Santiago Rivera
Can you help me?
Asks the old man,
in an accented tune.
Si, claro!
I wave with a response
in my proud mother tongue.
Fire eyed, he scorns, looks off-
and says,
No, no, no, English, please.
Santiago Rivera (he/him) is a writer and organizer based out of South Florida.
Image by Guillermo Ferla
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