I wrote this poem in January of 2020. This is about me and my sister being polar opposites on almost every level in life. We’ve never really have had a close relationship and there have been times when we’ve had fights that have lasted for months . Recently, as we’ve grown older, we have been better about accepting each other for who we are and getting along much better.

She’s American
I’m an immigrant
She loves Trump
I’m a borderline socialist
She believes in money and brand names
I believe in love and poetry
Born from the same womb
But living in different worlds
She’s the clean upper middle class
I’m the gritty working class
She forgot everything she once was
I remember and continue to live it
She’s Latina when it’s trendy or when it suits her
I’m Latina every single minute of my life
She’s the definition of assimilation
-and I-the forever brown girl trapped in a white America
She’s the American Dream
And I’m the immigrant activist
She’s the Doña
and I’m cabrona