He told her that it's not a quarter life crisis (not at 24)
but a pre-mid life crisis
and that perhaps it may do with a drink or two ;-)
She enjoyed hearing him speak
and their conversations at a reasonable hour
about this and sometimes about that
The ways of his style
living to be his own person
and not for another
Careful and secure
exerting the utmost qualities
Maybe one day she'll tell him
that she'd like to be a little like him
and that it's really ok to open the door to let someone in
-Bionica
Será que cuando ellos estudiaban
le daban clases por fracciones de 3 hora al día?
quizás era 1 maestra para 27 niños
y no le podía dar la atención necesaria
para que aprendiera & fuera un alumno brillante
su escuela tenía todos los recursos posibles
y las maestras no vivían afligidas por temor de perder su trabajo
los padres no estaban forzados a depender de un gobierno
para vivir con la de tarjeta de alimentos
no tenían necesidad obligatoria para welfare
para que sus hijos tuvieran un mejor mañana
en independencia del gobierno
y vivir por si mismo
los gobernadores de su tiempo no se agrandaban el bolsillo
sin importarles las maestras que perdieron su trabajo
parece que no...
entonces ellos, ¿porqué lo hacen?
-Bionica
Walking in the subway
she followed some advice and listened
to the noise of people's feet
to the conversations caught in the air
to the man and his violin
He played a song so sad
it seemed to be the reason for which people scurried
across the square tiles that made the floor
they didn't want to listen
they didn't want to provoke
the tears that swam near the borders of their eyes
threatening to rush out
and soak their cheeks
if they would slow down and listen to the song
So the feet went even faster
when they heard his melody
eyes looked straight ahead
She almost wanted to stop
ask why his song played so sadly
but then her eyes blinked twice
to keep back the tears
-Bionica
I want to go home
To that place where la vecina
plays Vuelve con tu Papa by Teodoro Reyes
porque está "amaiga"
Un amargue que se resuelve acompañado de varias Presidentes (y no light)
o tal vez un Extra Viejo y pico–sólo si es una dura
To that place where las niñas del frente limpian con el radio a to' lo que da
(like everyone else down the block)
y aveces ellas botan mucha agua limpiando,
aunque a la abuela no le gusta nada
pero igual, hay que limpiar
To that place where colmadones are poppin'
people jam at the carwash while Omega is singing live
Si no me amas"
and the megadivas, well they got it goin' on!!!
I want to go and stop at Jacaranda
on my way to the capital
order some yuca con longaniza
saving some for el camino
también pa' cuando llegue a la fiesta y pegue el hambre ;-)
I want to hear the cucurucucu del gallo
a la 5 de la mañana when I'm still en el 3 sueño
and the persianas still don't block out Vakero's Que mujer tan chula ♬ at eleven
because the vecina, she made up with the vecino...
-Bionica
Un fracaso en la cocina
a ella le dieron la tarea del desayuno
par de huevos, tostada y un café
simple right?
hmm...maybe not
Ella apenas sabía por donde comenzar
se sabe que el pan va en la tostadora,
pero y ¿los huevos?
¿cómo se hacen los huevos?
¿llevan sal? o ¿quizás un toque de mantequilla?
¿revueltos o fritos?
decidió por revueltos y fue tan tal el caso
que uno se le fue por el fregadero
así como lo leen
pero los demás del plato a la estufa
mientras batía los huevos pensaba en el tocino
¿se cocinaran juntos?
mejor no, separados y tal vez mas rápido
Bueno, los huevos se cocinaron, pero mientras
aun quedaba el pan de la tostadora
casi se le olvida pues ya se estaban quemando
after scraping a little, the toast looked fine
ya para eso estaban listos los huevos
ahora el tocino
casi le echaba aceite para freír pero una mirada le dijo que no
entonces arreglaba la tostada y la sal para los huevos
todo mas o menos bonito pero comible
los platos en su lugar, las tazas
¿y el café?
el café se le había olvidado
con tantas cosas se le pasó
pero bien con el tocino decidió que mejor el jugo
entonces abriendo el refrigerador respiro profundo y lo sirvió
por lo menos she tried
y nada por que estuvo bueno
buenísimo
pues se lo comieron todo ;-)
-Bionica
Generation G because there is a thing called GPS and all the young people can't seem to get around with out it. It's as if a handheld map is something foreign to them and encrypted text on an electrical gadget that talks back to them and tells them where to go is of the most normal.
To consult the paper which unfolds to a map of the 5 boroughs is just a little bit more time consuming. To press in a few "buttons" on the touch tone screen with a computerized voice is easier as long as the map loads quickly.
And these things just happen to multiply into all sorts of forms because now even those cellular things called phones have GPS too. For a small fee of a probable $9.99 extra a month, one doesn't have to worry about the directions and how to get there. Why instead of talking into your phone, it talks back to you and tells you that at 500 ft there will be a turn coming up and that you should stay to your right and perhaps merge too. To think that if someone would have told us 10 years ago that we would be following a little computer that talks back to us and depend so much on it, we may have looked at them as if they were wearing last seasons resort collection in mid winter. Bemused & befuddled. Yet that is exactly what has happened, now we must make sure to have the latest model of that positioning system because we also need to calculate the most efficient way to get somewhere all the whilst saving gas and time of course, oh and traffic too. It's important to get to our point b from point a in a timely manner.
That little squared object that needs to be charged after a certain period of time and who at some point in the near future may not even need to be plugged into the car, but to the solar charger that keeps it going. Perhaps one day they will come with a little solar window making things the more easy to pack.
GPS? Check. Car? Check. Car keys? Check. Directions? oh yes definite check.
To go and to get back. To keep going and drive on. GPS what would we do with out you? Be a little more resourceful? Hmm...but how? What would we search to do?
Simply find a way to make the map reading a little easier. To somehow insert it in an apparatus that will position properly and move along with us. One that would show us a view of the near by streets and roads that we drive through. The little signs that we pass by and the actual formation of the streets too.
Wait, we already have that. It's called general position satellite or something.
But it's o.k. to have such a gadget because it makes things a little bit easier when one has not direction. All you need is a place to go and GPS will tell you how to get there. It would be quite fabulous if there were something in life that helped us out the same way when we aren't exactly sure of where we are going. Then again, I guess that is where prayer takes part and we ask for some sort of direction to help us take our path.
Oh generation g, we that are still growing and learning who we want to be and what we want to do. We that are still unsure where we want to be and how to get there...In the mean time, we have GPS to help us out a little. Keep straight and prepare to turn right at 77 ft and you will reach your destination on right.
-Bionica
