BY SHEILA MALDONADO
CURATED BY CECILIA LLOMPART
blood to the hospital sangre al hospital
mother madre en la soledad
blood escupiendo sangre
solitude soledad mas madre
en el hospital
hospital soledad mas sola
no la hacen ni madre
father en el hospital
died donde murió padre
–dad –dad –dad
darkness madre en la oscuridad
al hospital de padre
in the middle en medio de la noche
sangre al hospital
mother madre en la noche
night al hospital de sangre
spitting escupiendo padre
en la oscuridad
dad dad dad –dad –dad –dad
Sheila Maldonado is the author of the poetry collection one-bedroom solo (Fly by Night Press, 2011). Her 2nd publication, that's what you get, is forthcoming from Brooklyn Arts Press. She is a CantoMundo Fellow and a Creative Capital awardee as part of desveladas, a visual writing collective. She lives in uptown Manhattan where she is working on an ongoing project about a lifelong obsession with the ancient Maya.
Cecilia Llompart is the Spanish Poetry Editor for Luna Luna Magazine.