4/10/2023 0 Comments Pocket in my pocket![]() Sharp shouts outside Tía Carmen’s house cut off the rest of her prayer. She reaches for the cross at her neck, and I hear her mumble the Lord’s Prayer. Mami paces behind Manuelito, twisting a red dish towel in her hands. ![]() ![]() “Don’t call me stupid,” I say, narrowing my eyes. His stubby fingers fidget over the remaining dominoes in front of him. My cousin Manuelito slaps another domino down on the table. Instead of a mango tree out front with a tocororo nest in its branches, there’s a crowd of soldiers, slapping one another on the back and firing their rifles into the night air. Tía Carmen’s kitchen doesn’t have my model of a P-51 Mustang or scattered pieces of Erector set.
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