Daniel Suárez
report card pick-up, 1987
he passed down his work ethic
so I can be better than
not break my back like
him
sorry... but
my back is broken
~o~
no llames enfremo
no llegues tarde
tragarse su orgullo
no te queje
no somos débil
mi trabajor es cuidarte
he passed down his work ethic
so I can be better than
not break my back like
him
sorry... but
my back is broken
~o~
no llames enfremo
no llegues tarde
tragarse su orgullo
no te queje
no somos débil
mi trabajor es cuidarte
come porque no se sabe si la revolución viene maña
but sustenance wasn’t about communism
if what was afforded today was here / there
tomorrow the meaning of a grain of rice
left on a plate
was to eat was not to waste was
that he knew a mouth without
but sustenance wasn’t about communism
if what was afforded today was here / there
tomorrow the meaning of a grain of rice
left on a plate
was to eat was not to waste was
that he knew a mouth without
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Daniel Suárez is a first-generation Cuban American born and raised in Chicago, IL. He holds an MA in English, and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. His poems can be found in the Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Third Coast, [PANK] LATINX/Latinidad Folio, Poetry Corner in the Chicago Reader, and other print/online journals.
Daniel Suárez is a first-generation Cuban American born and raised in Chicago, IL. He holds an MA in English, and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. His poems can be found in the Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Third Coast, [PANK] LATINX/Latinidad Folio, Poetry Corner in the Chicago Reader, and other print/online journals.