The Hoopoe
The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
“
— Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Bilingual Blues: Poems, 1981-1994
Posted 10 months ago
658 notes
  1. fleursdartifice reblogged this from rubato
  2. plaguegod reblogged this from peaceshannon
  3. mightyjochung reblogged this from peaceshannon
  4. fairyonacidbanging reblogged this from peaceshannon
  5. peaceshannon reblogged this from evertheidealist
  6. evertheidealist reblogged this from peaceshannon
  7. anemptyspace reblogged this from peaceshannon
  8. colorfulove reblogged this from peaceshannon
  9. grajing reblogged this from politicsoflanguage
  10. politicsoflanguage reblogged this from iggymogo
  11. belongtopoetry reblogged this from mindless-meandering
  12. mindless-meandering reblogged this from theuncolonizedmind
  13. mermeanie reblogged this from rosadefuego
  14. strangecarcajou reblogged this from deafmuslimpunx
  15. nonsunblob reblogged this from deafmuslimpunx
  16. maskoftwilight reblogged this from dweeb-prince
  17. constructinghabitus reblogged this from deafmuslimpunx
  18. starterofconversations reblogged this from knowledgeequalsblackpower
  19. punku reblogged this from rosadefuego
  20. uracreep reblogged this from deafmuslimpunx
  21. leidis reblogged this from inthenameofyeezusipray
  22. candareen reblogged this from deafmuslimpunx
  23. dweeb-prince reblogged this from knowledgeequalsblackpower
  24. gointorosedale reblogged this from knowledgeequalsblackpower