The Moon Within by Aida Salazar

Author:Aida Salazar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Marco asks Ms. Susana

and most his teachers, including Papi,

to simply call him Mar instead of Magda.

Mar is the word for sea in Spanish.

He wasn’t ready to go all the way there

with every one of the kids in bomba class

or in world drums class or at school.

Though most of us could sense

his new kind of happiness.

His parents said they would do that carefully, perhaps

with a community gathering, or a letter

so it is the safest for him.

When we echo, it does not matter

where our gender lands

what our lockets hold

we are body movement

drum movement

song movement

creativity in movement.

Ten minutes before class ends

Iván walks in holding his skateboard.

My heart crinkles and shakes outside of me.

He watches the class like a begging puppy

I think he wants to join

and I feel sorry for him.

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