Verbal Countries (Reprise)
and I wonder, in what language am I supposed to express this passage?
(what is the pre-position needed for this question?)
because if we use lower letters except of course for the first person, is it because we dread
magnitudes, the grand eloquence of conquerors and pirates? it goes without saying that we no longer know,
no longer know what language we are speaking, like wee hours banter, drunken conversations with strangers.
“where are you from originally?” we learn to ask, here, visa stamped on green paper skin.
no Book of English As a Foreign Language teaches you the meaning of Coming From Originally, nor the tactful fear of offending.
where I was from people ask de dónde eres, and those who left forever dream with coming back or endlessly talk about the smells
of kitchens and the stories of grandmothers whose skies were bluer and of course their gardens greener, but for some reason they (we?) are now here, a mix of accents,
skin colors, hair styles and expectations. But being all together does not mean we are equal, united, sympathetic. we rub against each other like shaken atoms, excited and displaced.
we are concerned with explosions.
in what language do I dream about this laboratory of human interaction, in what language does the bleeding heart remember to forget?
¿con qué lengua puedo hacer estas preguntas?
what is the pre-position needed for this question?