when Latinos go Buddhist
by Ananda Esteva

March 22, 2001
 

my father decided to denounce
the chastising laws of Catholicism
and embrace Buddhism
in order to keep me on the path of awareness he would say:
what's your problem Ananda
you're so spaced out
you need to be here
present

take control of your mind
or others will

eh eh eh
it's here

we should call you "dorpy"
cuz you're somewhere else
dorping around

don't be tonta

listen to me

AAAAAAAI
i caught you
drifting off Ananda

wake up!
i was a child
so used to following orders
i could not say
or even make the words
that i spaced out
to escape
him