Elefanterosado,
A gringa from Southern Vermont who adores the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Townes Van Zandt among others. I love the Spanish language, the study of translation, and the beauty of the English language. I like to write anecdotes about the amusing and lovely experience of living in a small New England town. 
Archive for 'children'
Teach Your Parents Well
Swimming Pool Pattern #4, originally uploaded by Lee Coursey.
Teach your parents well
Their children’s hell
Will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The ones they pick
The ones you’ll know by.
—Graham Nash
I am running through the Albuquerque International Sunport at high speed, sprinting over anything in my path—suitcases included—like O.J. Simpson in his pre-felonious hey [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2009 under children.
Tags: children, drowning, parenting, swimming pools
Comments: 1
The Feral Children
Tripp trapp trull, originally uploaded by YlvaS.
The feral children regard me with dull, vacuous eyes as I drive by them on the road. They do not move from their spot near the river, which is littered with a jagged line of broken-down toys and rusted bicycles. The eldest is a girl of eight with clear [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under children.
Tags: feral children, Memory, negligent parents, street kids
Comments: none