ABUELITO WHO

 

“Abuelito Who”

by Sandra CisnerosAbuelito who throws coins like rainand asks who loves himwho is dough and feathers?who is a watch and glass of water?whose hair is made of furis too sad to come downstairs todaywho tells me in Spanish you are my diamond?who tells me in English you are my sky? whose little eyes are string can’t come out to playsleeps in his little room all night and daywho used to laugh like the letter k?is sickis a doorknob tied to a sour stick?is tired shut the doordoesn’t live here anymoreis hiding underneath the bedwho talks to me inside my head?is blankets and spoons and big brown shoeswho snores up and down up and down up and down again?is the rain on the roof that falls like coinsasking who loves himwho loves him who?