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Figs

Sandra Cisneros

For Dr Bruno Ceolin

Some words
trip me
in my second tongue.

I say
pepino – cucumber
when I mean
pimienta
– pepper.

Confuse
ginebra
– gin,
when I mean
ginger –
jengibre.


Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros is a poet, writer, performer and artist. A new collection of her poetry, Woman Without Shame, is forthcoming from Knopf.

Photograph © Keith Dannemiller

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