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Why are they hanging out on the street at the crack of dawn? Why are they in all white? Are they part of a gang?
Do they control part of this neighborhood? Using my journalistic skills, I ask a question. The bread shop is right in front of them. I also find out another something: On one of our last nights, we go to see a Cuban drag show. We enter a small theater with bolted red velvet seats.
It's just us at first, but a few others eventually fill in. Music chimes and the queen finally graces us with her presence. She makes Carmen Miranda look like a bowl of fruit.
Subtle is not in her dictionary, but then again, when is a drag queen ever subtle? However beautifully extra she is in appearance, I cannot seem to understand her beautifully extra high-pitched accent; I thought I was finally able to understand Cubans.
I squint my eyes. I turn my head.
June 27, Author: Email Print Twitter Facebook. Poemas en Quechua Audre Lorde: Urqukunapa Yawarnin Poemas de amor en el idioma quechua: Ariruma Kowii Poemas de amor en la lengua quechua: Yuyarillaway Poemas de amor quechua: Amor y el Poeta Rabindranath Tagore: Gay Black Poets from a generation ago Translator's Whimsy: American Louisiana Czech English English: Late Mediaeval — Early Renaissance English: Many of these poems have never been translated into English before, and taken together they, as the editors say, "produce a vibrant, satisfying sound and vivid imagery.
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