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Issue 30
CNF
Stigler Pool
Nikolle Dixon
Papá
Gloria Mendez
from Stigler Pool
The sun was bearing down on my head, the rays seeming to almost instantly cause my scalp to burn hot. I’d probably have a sun burn before the night falls; my eyes are drawn to them. She’s young, the black color of her one piece not hiding the fact that she’s already maturing quicker than her peers. I notice. He noticed, too. I watch as he treads water in the deep end, joining the two friends.
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from Papá
When I was ten years old, I would crawl into bed with Mama every night. Before we went to sleep, I grabbed her spanish spelling book and we studied El Silabario together. She read the words to me and I repeated after. “Pa, Pe, Pi, Po, Pu.” “Pa como Papá” she’d say. I read the words over and over because she wouldn’t let me sleep until I completely got them right. Though I laid there agitated and hiding my face in the blanket, she would tell me it was for my own good. My Abuelo Adan had done the same with her before the Salvadoran war took his life. Mama told me his story thousands of times; I know every detail.
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Art on this page:
Lash
by Madison Flanders.