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banana solitudes</l> </lg> <lg> <l>And my chorizo face a holiday for knives</l> <l> and my arching lips a savannah for cuchifritos</l> <l>and my spit curls a symbol for you</l> <l> to overcharge overbill oversell me</l> <l>these saints these candles</l> <l> these dented cars loud pipes</l> <l>no insurance and no place to park</l> <l> because my last name is Cortez</l> </lg> <lg> <l>Do you think this is a sad night</l> <l> a sad day</l> </lg> <lg> <l>And on this elevator</l> <l> between my rubber shoes</l> <l>in the creme de menthe of my youth</l> <l> the silver tooth of my age</l> <l>the gullah speech of my one trembling tit</l> <l>full of tequila full of el dorado</l> <l> full of banana solitudes you tell me</l> <l>i use more lights more gas</l> <l> more telephones more sequins more feathers</l> <l>more iridescent head-stones</l> <l> you think i accept this pentecostal church</l> <l>in exchange for the lands you stole</l> </lg> <lg> <l>And because my name is Cortez</l> <l> do you think this is a revision</l> <l>of flesh studded with rivets</l> <l> my wardrobe clean</l> <l>the pick in my hair</l> <l> the pomegranate in my hand</l> <l>14th street delancey street 103rd street</l> <l> reservation where i lay my skull</l> <l>the barrio of need</l> <l> the police state in ashes</l> <l>drums full of tequila full of el dorado</l> <l> full of banana solitudes say:</l> <l>Do you really think time speaks english</l> <l> in the mens room</l> </lg> </body> <back> <p>Jayne Cortez was born in Arizona and grew up in the Watts Community of Los Angeles. She is the author of three books of poetry—<title key="Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares" ref="https://www.worldcat.org/title/pissstained-stairs-and-the-monkey-mans-wares/oclc/119044"><emph><title>Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares</title></emph></title> (1969), <emph><title>Festivals and Funerals</title></emph> (1971), <title><emph><title>Scarifications</title></emph></title> (1973), from which this poem is reprinted, and a recording — <title key="Celebrations and Solitudes" ref="https://www.discogs.com/release/1052679-Jayne-Cortez-Celebrations-And-Solitudes"><emph><title>Celebrations and Solitudes</title></emph></title> (Strata East Records, 1975).</p> </back> </text> </TEI>