For Yolanda On Women's Day

We've become a long way

since we were dogs,

riding in the trunk of a '53 Chevy

in '68.

"Les revoltes a Paris",

Teotihuacán in October's Mexico,

and we had our own search

for a country to encase us,

we had our won student rebellion

the year we were both in the third grade,

they put you there for not speaking English.

Mom looking for shelter,

dad in the front ,

while she domesticated a few English words

to spit out nicely

to landlords, managers and secretaries.

She was the educated one,

two years of schooling.

She did great,

until you started tickling me

in the trunk

and the lady who asked

all the wrong questions

my mother said right,

asked about dogs.

My mom said none, she said you lie, about the dogs,

I can see them from here, shaking the car.

You lucky dog!

Now we are women!