Translation
a huevo: to be aggressively seduced by an egg
ay diosito: the small god you thank because your hands exist
me hicieron ojo: my eyelashes flew one by one like a longing!
señora studies: look, a map in the dirt of your mother’s hurts
empacho: you ate cactus until you burst open like a rotten fruit
tacos de cabeza: quandaries posed under the spell of an orange moon
un susto: your future ghost twitches in an empty room
santo niño de atocha: the baby saint who freed all the wounded deer
escalofrío: the sudden chatter of your favorite ancestor, Lupe
no te metas con mi cucu: a cheerful song about attempted rape
me da cosa: it gives me thing; a feather in your ear without consent
no mames: you still suckle from your mother’s teat and tell us about it
sopita de letritas: little baby soup made of little baby letters
fabuloso: your mom’s favorite mop water
el chavo del ocho: an adult orphan in search of an elusive ham sandwich
esa huerca: Angie from next door who never wears socks
allá en las cocinas: a crisis of the spirit
Source: Poetry (June 2024)