Bilingual-Bilingue

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** My father liked them separate, **  ** one thereone here //(allá y aquí)//, as if aware ** ** that words might cut in two ** ** his daughter's heart//(el corazón)// and lock the alien part ** ** to what he was--his memory, **  ** his name(//su nombre//)--with a key he could not claim. **  ** "English outside this door, Spanish inside," ** ** he said, **** "//y basta//." But who can divide ** ** the world, the word (//mundo y palabra//) from ** ** any child? I knew how to be dumb ** ** and stubborn (//testaruda//); late, in bed, ** ** I hoarded secret syllables I read ** ** until my tongue (//mi lengua//) learned to run **  ** where his stumbled. And still the heart was one. **   ** I like to think he knew that, **   ** even when,proud (//orgulloso//) of his daugher's pen, ** ** he stood outside //mis versos//, half in fear ** ** of words he loved but wanted not to hear. ** media type="youtube" key="MR4Izq0wMG8" width="282" height="214"media type="youtube" key="aNSEoNW90rQ" height="198" width="300"