Recollections: ‘Amor de Otro Mundo’

Recollections: ‘Amor de Otro Mundo’

After Brynn Saito’s “Love Poem From Another Dimension”   If instead of cutting silence with   accented I lahve you’s,  you  held  your  tongue   each time; if instead of attending nietos’  school performances,    you    preferred    to     stay home; if instead of teaching me at four the alchemy   of   abuelo-speaking, you left me on the porch  alone  as your abuelos did  to you;   if   instead   of   granting blessings  to each   partner   your…