thousands of indigenous children never made, never born Fujimoriβs presumptuous superiority and cruel policies caused this inhumanity, this crime against the most marginalized the poorest robbing thousands of women of their right to procreate a shameful part of Peruβs history thousands of indigenous children mourned who were never planted, never had a chance to bloom perhaps their existence was a threat to those in power full of corruption, now weβre never know
la ira y furia de mis antepasados femeninas viven en mi ellas me visitan en sueΓ±os y me mandan mensajes que cuentan sus historias, sus verdades aunque duelan, aunque algunas me llamaran sΓ‘dica y dramΓ‘tica ellas me inquietan y me dicen es tiempo de gritar todas las injusticias y trastornos vividow que nuestras muertes no han sido en vano y aunque lloro y trato de ignorar la llamada de la sangre es inevitable-fui escogida- para sus venganzas, para sus historias de redenciΓ³n
I pay tribute to the women who came before me women who sacrificed so my parents could exist my mami who had to leave behind her culture, traditions, and language to give me a better life to make sure I grow up safe and well educated and taught me what strength and resilience means as she worked long days to make ends meet as she showed initiative to move our family forward and with her example I was able to follow it except I change it up some to live a life full of love, community and creativity
always restless and wild from the start nothing could contain me or dim my spark leg braces, overprotective parents it didnβt matter I always found a way to make trouble, to investigate, always too curious for my own good and too dramatic and emotional for mostly everyone always good at making people uncomfortable sometimes itβs a curse, sometimes itβs a blessing canβt change this part of myself I have, am and will always be like this
at 17, the pregnant bride to be got a telegram from her groom sorry, but Iβm betrothed to another and am getting married at gun point maybe it was the heavy feeling of rage or her aries nature and hormones the jilted bride with a silent fury went to her closet and took out her ostentatiously beaded wedding dress and with matches in her hand she went outside and set fire to it in front of the family home one of the younger siblings saw the insanity as the bride stared at it mesmerized by fire that grew and grew she walked towards it all sense of reality gone from her not hearing the screams from her abuela who ran towards her and just before the bride step foot in the fire la abuela shook her and slapped her across the face until the bride reacted, let out a loud wail heard across the farmland and fainted
wonder how it happened- the transaction between beatrizβ papi and luis did beatriz have any say in her future betrothal did she have dreams as a little girl about her future husband did she even love Luis or just tolerate him because itβs what was expected of her how did it happen did she wish for a different life for her daughters one where they loved their husbands one where they were treated like humans and not treated like cattle
el cielo se cayΓ³ sobre mΓ aquella noche cuando me destruiste con una llamada y por muchas semanas llore echada sobre el piso hasta quedarme dormida por muchas semanas deseaba desaparecer en un abismo del olvido y 10 aΓ±os despues todavia pienso en aquella maΓ±ana fatal donde perdΓ la poca inocencia que todavΓa tenΓa
overwhelmed by the sights and sounds at jorge chavez airport fast castellano coming from everyone with cumbia in the background machu picchu advertisements everywhere my mind is trying to process everything in real time Iβm here, Iβm here, Iβm here the land of inca cola, ceviche and my ancestors land that I havenβt seen since the age of 9 and didnβt fully appreciate it happy and completely elated euphoria and goosebumps felt from my bones to my skin I never thought Iβd see it again poverty kept me away but Iβm here, Iβm here, Iβm here my beloved PerΓΊ the land I left without consent the land I was taught to menospreciar Iβm here, Iβm here, Iβm here and I canβt wait to get reacquainted with you mi tierra-once again
ni siquiera ha sido un aΓ±o y hay un mar entre los dos el deseo y la pasiΓ³n que alguna vez compartimos se fue y caΓmos en un olvido de obligaciones y rutina
nachos y queso son un poema de amor para mi estΓ³mago satisface mi antojo para algo salado mi lengua se despierta cuando el queso se derrite en mi boca y me mareo con jΓΊbilo y me vuelvo una vΓctima a mi glotonerΓa mi lengua se vuelve mΓ‘s avaricioso mientras que mi presiΓ³n arterial vuela y vuela hasta que mi corazΓ³n amenaza con explotar