{"id":1298,"date":"2018-10-31T22:37:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=1298"},"modified":"2024-08-02T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:52:06","slug":"wordplay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/the-words-november-2018\/wordplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordplay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Harrington \u201919 <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Andrea<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are honored to present the creative work of Andrea Salas-de la O \u201920 for this month\u2019s edition of Wordplay! Andrea is a California native studying creative writing and media and cultural studies. She is a fierce Latina who intends to reinvent the fashion magazine industry and take over Anna Wintour\u2019s position at Vogue. In the meantime, you can find her stomping around campus in a pair of heels, figuring out her angle, her aesthetic, and her first big step after Macalester.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you so much to Andrea for sharing your work with us! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I. holly golightly teaches me about depression<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you mean it\u2019s like the blues?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

no, she replies innocently and ever so soft
<\/span>says the blues
<\/span>the blues are for when you\u2019re feeling fat
<\/span>when it\u2019s raining and you\u2019re sad.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

she tells me there in the comfort of my room
<\/span>that the reds, the reds are of a different breed, horrible
<\/span>never seem to go away
<\/span>catch you when you\u2019re afraid
<\/span>don\u2019t even know what you\u2019re afraid of. . .<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

they\u2019re horrible that way.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i said well maybe you\u2019re afraid of love.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

her brown eyes catch mine in the reflection of the mirror
<\/span>as i watch her clip those diamond earrings on before she checks the weather.
<\/span>\u201cyou mustn\u2019t give your heart to a wild thing.\u201d
<\/span>are you saying we\u2019re wild things, I ask her.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

she gazes over at me for a second, and the truth seems to get stuck in her throat
<\/span>so in turn she looks back at a boy who says he loves her, hesitantly, with a smile.
<\/span>smoke from her elongated cigarette catches fire in my heart
<\/span>. . . we belong to nobody. nobody belongs to us.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

two very lovely, very frightened girls.
<\/span>stuck in cages we built ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. No tears Maria.
<\/span>The children might hear,
<\/span>Puff on a cigarette
<\/span>And swig on <\/span>El Patron<\/span><\/i> and cheap beer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t what I planned on.\u201d
<\/span>\u201cBut you knew he wasn\u2019t loyal.\u201d
<\/span>\u201cAll I wanted was a man.\u201d
<\/span>\u201cHow\u2019s it feel to have a dog?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria, Maria,
<\/span>When did you ever listen to mom?
<\/span>She was clear on her stance.
<\/span>Don\u2019t get married.
<\/span>Men are pigs, men are snobs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019ll expect his dinner hot before sundown
<\/span>He\u2019ll want his clothes fully washed.
<\/span>You knew this going in love,
<\/span>It hurts to see you try and climb out.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dejalo hermanita.
<\/span><\/i>Look to the stars to lead the way.
<\/span>Just how Pap\u00e1 taught us when we were kids <\/span>mi amor<\/span><\/i>.
<\/span>Before he left for <\/span>el Norte<\/span><\/i>, before he abandoned us all.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you wait a while and listen, you\u2019ll hear the coyotes howling at the moon.
<\/span>Follow them Maria,
<\/span>And you\u2019ll be in the city of angels soon.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free from Rogelio,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to Mam\u00e1 and me.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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