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Negrito, Little Negrito (In English and Spanish)

   
Author: Dennis Siluk
< P > N e g r i t o , a n d h i s s o n , l i t t l e N e g r i t o ( a n d o f t e n w i t h h i s w i f e ) w a l k t h e s t r e e t s , c o l l e c t t r a s h ; n o t s u r e w h a t t h e y d o w i t h i t : b i k e - w h e e l a t t a c h e d t o a c a r t b e h i n d i t s b a c k , u p a n d d o w n t h e s t r e e t s o f M i r a f l o r e s t h e y w a l k , s o u n d a h o r n , l e t f o l k s k n o w t h e y r e c o m i n g , p u t t r a s h s c r a p s i n t h e i r c a r t m o v e o n . < / P > < P > H e i s a s i m p l e m a n I s e e , p l a i n , s m a l l , t h r e e c h i l d r e n I h a v e l e a r n e d , a w i f e t h a t c a r e s . H e , l i k e m e c a m e o u t o f a m o t h e r n a k e d , a n d b o t h o f u s w i l l b e n a k e d w h e n w e r e t u r n : t h e m a i n d i f f e r e n c e , m y m o t h e r w a s b o r n i n A m e r i c a , I s u p p o s e . O t h e r t h a n t h a t , I d o n t k n o w . < / P > < P > A l l a r o u n d h i m a r e b r o w n p e o p l e , h e i s b l a c k I a m w h i t e . I h i r e d h i m t o d a y , i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e h e a t , h e a n d h i s c h i l d r e n t o c l e a n , t o c l e a n u p t h e g a r b a g e b e h i n d o u r h o m e . G a v e h i m w a t e r a n d a c o k e , a h a t f o r h i s c h i l d , a t o w e l , a n d t w e n t y - s o l e s . H e s a i d h e d i d n t n e e d i t , t h e t o w e l , h e w a s b l a c k a l r e a d y : l o o k i n g a t h i s d i r t c o v e r e d h a n d s . < / P > < P > H e w i l l c o m e b a c k M o n d a y , t h i s p r i d e f u l m a n , a m a n o f G o d , t o s w e a t s o m e m o r e , t o m a k e a f e w m o r e d o l l a r s : c u t t h e b r a n c h e s o f f o u r t r e e , i t i s a l m o s t h a n g i n g o v e r o u r d o o r f r a m e . T h e r e i s n o b l a c k s i l o i n s i d e o f h i m ; h e i s p u r e m a n , w i t h a s h a d o w , l e a n , l i k e s o m a n y i n P e r u , j u s t t r y i n g t o m a k e a l i v i n g . < / P > < P > # 1 2 8 2 3 / 1 8 / 0 6 P r o s e P o e t r y . N e g r i t o , o f M i r a f l o r e s , s o h e i s k n o w n , h i s r e a l n a m e i s M a r k , n o t s u r e i f h e k n o w s h e i s c a l l e d N e g r i t o , b u t n o o n e s e e m s t o h i d e t h e n i c k n a m e , y e t , h e i s c a l l e d M a r k t o h i s f a c e . H e s e e m s p l e a s a n t e n o u g h , a n d b e i n g b l a c k i s n o t a b o u r d o n t o h i m , l i k e i t s e e m s t o b e t o s o m a n y i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ; h e s e e m s t o g o a l o n g w i t h G o d s c a l l i n g , a n d d o e s n o t g i v e o f f t h a t o r e o f : i n t o l e r a n c e , a s s o m a n y b l a c k s i n A m e r i c a d o t o d a y . A n d s o I t h o u g h t t h i s l i t t l e s k e t c h o f a m a n I m e t o n c e a n d w i l l m e e t a g a i n , w o u l d b e o f i n t e r e s t t o m y r e a d e r s . < / P > < P > S p a n i s h V e r s i o n < B R > T r a n s l a t e d b y : b y R o s a P e a l o z a d e S i l u k < / P > < P > N e g r i t o , P e q u e o N e g r i t o < B R > ( S a n J u a n d e M i r a f l o r e s ; L i m a , P e r u ) < / P > < P > N e g r i t o , y s u h i j o , p e q u e o N e g r i t o ( y a v e c e s c o n s u e s p o s a ) c a m i n a n l a s c a l l e s , r e c o g e n b a s u r a ; n o e s t o y s e g u r o q u e h a c e n c o n e s t o : c a r r u a j e a t a d o d e t r s d e e s t e c o n u n a b i c i c l e t a c o n r u e d a s , a r r i b a y d e b a j o d e l a s c a l l e s d e M i r a f l o r e s e l l o s a n d a n , s o n i d o d e u n a b o c i n a , h a c e n s a b e r a l a g e n t e q u e e l l o s e s t n v i n i e n d o , p o n e r r e s t o s d e b a s u r a e n s u c a r r u a j e c o n t i n u a r y e n d o . < / P > < P > E l e s u n h o m b r e s i m p l e y o v e o , p l a n o , p e q u e o , t r e s h i j o s m e e n t e r e , u n a e s p o s a q u e s e p r e o c u p a . E l , c o m o y o v i n o d e s n u d o d e u n a m a d r e , y a m b o s e s t a r e m o s d e s n u d o s c u a n d o v o l v a m o s : l a m a y o r d i f e r e n c i a , m i m a d r e n a c i e n A m r i c a , m e i m a g i n o . O t r a c o s a a p a r t e d e e s t a , n o l o s e . < / P > < P > T o d o s a l r e d e d o r d e e l s o n p e r s o n a s b r o n c e a d a s , e l e s N e g r o y y o s o y b l a n c o . L o c o n t r a t e h o y d a , e n e l m e d i o d e l c a l o r , a e l y s u h i j o p a r a l i m p i a r , p a r a l i m p i a r l a b a s u r a d e t r s d e n u e s t r a c a s a . L e d i a e l a g u a y C o c a C o l a , u n s o m b r e r o p a r a s u h i j o , u n a t o a l l a , y v e i n t e - s o l e s . E l d i j o q u e e l n o n e c e s i t a b a e s t o , l a t o a l l a , d i j o q u e y a e r a n e g r o : m i r a n d o a s u s m a n o s c u b i e r t a s c o n s u c i e d a d . < / P > < P > E l v o l v e r e l l u n e s , e s t e o r g u l l o s o h o m b r e , u n h o m b r e d e D i o s , p a r a s u d a r a l g o m s , g a n a r u n o s c u a n t o s d l a r e s m s : c o r t a r l a s r a m a s d e n u e s t r o r b o l , q u e e s t a c a s i c o l g n d o s e e n c i m a d e l m a r c o d e n u e s t r a p u e r t a . N o h a y r a s g o s d e n e g r o d e n t r o d e e l ; e l e s u n h o m b r e p u r o , c o n u n a s o m b r a , d e l g a d o , c o m o m u c h o s e n P e r , s o l o t r a t a n d o d e g a n a r s e l a v i d a . < / P > < P > # 1 2 8 2 1 8 / M a r z o / 2 0 0 6 P o e m a e n P r o s a . N e g r i t o , d e M i r a f l o r e s , a s e l e s c o n o c i d o , s u n o m b r e v e r d a d e r o e s M a r c o , n o e s t o y s e g u r o s i e l s a b e q u e l o l l a m a n N e g r i t o , n a d i e p a r e c e o c u l t a r e s t e a p o d o , s i n e m b a r g o , e l e s l l a m a d o M a r c o e n s u c a r a . E l p a r e c e s u f i c i e n t e m e n t e a g r a d a b l e , y s e r n e g r o n o e s u n p r o b l e m a p a r a e l , c o m o p a r e c e s e r p a r a m u c h o s e n l o s E s t a d o s U n i d o s ; e l p a r e c e q u e v a d e a c u e r d o c o n l o s l l a m a d o s d e D i o s , y n o d a m u e s t r a s d e : i n t o l e r a n c i a , c o m o m u c h o s d e l o s n e g r o s e n A m r i c a l o h a c e n h o y . Y p o r e s o p e n s q u e e s t e s k e t c h p e q u e o d e u n h o m b r e q u e c o n o c u n a v e z y l o v o l v e r a v e r d e n u e v o , s e r i a i n t e r e s a n t e p a r a m i s l e c t o r e s . < / P >
Author Bio:

Dennis Siluk

Writing is more than a hobby for me. It's a passion, one of the ways I capture and celebrate life.

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