羅’’’’塞’提斯
( LORNA DEE CERVANTES)

難  民  船
Refugee Ship

 

    羅’’’’塞’提斯(1954’    )生’舊’’有’’’’’’’’’’區’’’’’’’塞’’’少’’期’’酷’’國’漫’’詩’’尤’’’’’濟’’雪萊’’最早’詩’’’’’’中學’報’’’1974’當’’’歲’’曾’墨’哥’’’場’’’’中’’’難民船’’詩’’’該詩’’’當’’’報’’’首詩’’喪失’文化’基’’’’’’國文化’’’移民’’境’1974’’塞’提斯創辦’個文學’’’’’樹’’’’’’諾’’’’’’

    ’難民船’’載’塞’提斯 1981’’’’詩集’’’’’

        ’像濕玉米’

        我’我’母眼’溜’

        ’’’’’’身邊

        當’’’眼鏡

        布’變’模’不’

 

        媽媽不用任’’言’我’’

        我’’’’’’’’’’’’

        ’’個’’國單詞’’我’中結結巴巴

        我端詳著鏡’裏’’’

        褐’皮膚’黑’’’

 

        我覺’我’個’虜

        乘坐’難民船’

        ’艘永不停’’’’船

        ’艘永不停’’’’船

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like wet cornstarch
I slide past mi abuelita's eyes
bible placed by her side
she removes her glasses
the pudding thickens

mama raised me with no language
I am an orphan to my Spanish name
the words are foreign, stumbling on my tongue
I stare at my reflection in the mirror
brown skin, black hair

I feel I am a captive
aboard the refugee ship
a ship that will never dock
a ship that will never dock
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