{"id":2881,"date":"2024-07-08T20:49:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T20:39:16","slug":"mala-suerte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/mala-suerte\/","title":{"rendered":"Mala Suerte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask me what it means to be lucky<\/span><\/p>\n

and I won\u2019t answer<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ask me what it means to be unlucky<\/span><\/p>\n

and I\u2019ll ask how much time you have<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

God sits among <\/span>las nubes <\/span><\/i>plucking<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

fourth leaves off of clovers<\/span><\/p>\n

before tossing them down to me<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He uses his sleeve to wipe away<\/span><\/p>\n

rainbows after rain like chalk <\/span>de la pizarra<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Tips off thieves about the pot of gold<\/span><\/p>\n

so my venture is always fruitless<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He puts me between a rock and a hard place<\/span><\/p>\n

Una escalera<\/span><\/i> o<\/span><\/i> oncoming traffic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Un gato negro<\/span><\/i> o<\/span><\/i> oncoming traffic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I\u2019m destined to trip in piles of shoulder-thrown <\/span>sal<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

To trip and see only dead ladybugs and <\/span>conejos sin pies<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My horses never have shoes and<\/span><\/p>\n

I only ever choke on wishbones<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I say <\/span>buena suerte <\/span><\/i>to my face<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

en el espejo pero<\/span><\/i> how many years<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

of bad luck is it if it breaks<\/span><\/p>\n

while staring at your reflection<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\"\" Kayla Randolph is a poet, editor, and all-around lover of the written word. She’s an associate editor at USN&WR who gets to work on content about pets and a freelancer who works on vampires and aliens with author Xavier Poe Kane. Her publication credits include but are not limited to\u00a0The Beatnik Cowboy<\/i>,\u00a0Nixes Mate Review<\/i>, and\u00a0Divot: A Journal of Poetry<\/i>. You can learn more on<\/span>\u00a0her website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and see pictures of her dog Luna on<\/span>\u00a0her Instagram<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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