Archive for July 17, 2011

El Sal Riff #3- 3 AM, The Boys’ Room

He is the Loch Ness monster and the Yeti and La Chupacabra all rolled up in a pint-sized brown man. He has silenced entire rooms effortlessly and caused panic attacks in many a teenage girl. He is the kidn of character that should become standard, unnoticed, but somehow constantly elicits awe. He is the whistle […]

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El Sal Riff #2-To Ruben, as I ride the plane back to Nueva York,

I’m just now understanding that everyone grows up, including sponsor children. And their madrinas. I’m sorry it took me 7 years to see you again. I’m sorry I don’t always write when I should and that I forget your birthday is in December, not March.  I’m sorry that my ability to speak Spanish is limited […]

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