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Collectively Written Poem (based on a chapter in Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street)

 

My Name (or Esperanza)

 

My name means hope
In Spanish
It has too many letters
Sadness
   and w a i t i n g
It is the number 9
A muddy color
Mexican records
My father plays
When shaving, songs
Like sobbing

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