ginen tidelands [latte stone park] [hagåtña, guåhan] BY CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ [for my dad] The fallen Latte is the sign. It is from within the row of Latte that we feel our strength. It is the severed capstone that gives us Their message, Ti monhayon I checho. We will not rest until the Latte is whole. —Cecilia C. T. Perez from Signs of Being: A Chamoru Spiritual Journey (1997) ~ i haligi a pillar i tasa a capstone i tataotao a body ~ his hands— husk coconut— cooks and feeds [us]— stories—this raised house— at quarry outline forms to sing forward—carve limestone to sing past— ~ citizen : drafted vietnam war— the rifle he kept— his uniform his fatigue ~ soak coconut fibers—dry under sun— make rope braided hair— like this ~ hålla haligi— pull sky— hålla tasa pull, son with [our] entire breath ~ [our] bones: acho latte removed from— to museum of trespass— to here— Craig Santos Perez, ginen tidelands [latte stone park] [hagåtña, guåhan] from From Unincorporated Territory [guma]. Copyright © 2014 by Craig Santos Perez. Source: From Unincorporated Territory [guma] (Omnidawn Publishing, 2014)
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:40:59 +0000
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