Poemas

Castillo, Ana
My father was a Toltec

NY: Norton, 1995
"Saturdays," p. 6

Hemos leído varios poemas en la clase de 301 con Alejandro Lee. Voy a escribir sobre el poema que me gustó más. El poema es uno escrito por Ana Castillo, llamado “Saturdays.” Me gusta este poema por que describe muy bien los papeles de el hombre y la mujer latina. Enseña que hay un doble moral en la mayoría de las familias hispanas.

Saturdays

Because she worked all week
away from home, gone from 5 to 5,
Saturdays she did the laundry,

pulled the wringer machine
to the kitchen sink, and hung
the clothes out on the line.
At night, we took it down and ironed.
Mine were his handkerchiefs and
boxer shorts. She did his work
pants (never worn on the street)
and shirts, pressed the collars
and cuffs, just so--

as he bathed,
donned the tailor-made silk suit
bought on her credit, had her
adjust the tie.

"How do I look?"
"Bien," went on ironing
That's why he married her, a Mexican
woman, like his mother, not like
they were in Chicago, not like
the one he was going out to meet.