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Mourning a Sister’s Death
By Irene Blea Illustrated by andrea ortega
When your sisters dies do you say she was or is
my sister he is or was my sister’s child
Erlinda, saying your name sounds rough like the life you lived:
You led street gangs
Smoked
You’ve left childrenrough and lost like you
Scattered children
Like you were scattered-
No one wants them, has time for them
like they didn’t want or have time for you
“what will happen to her children,what happened to erlinda,”
mourners asked
She died an alcoholic
Displaced from rural birthand transplanted in a gringo world-
Once beautiful
She died amongst the junkies
Pimps and whoresof the asphalt city
This poem is about a women who is hurt because her sister died young and lived a hard life. Also she left her children lost and on their own and now no one wants them nor
cares for them.
The theme in this poem is depressing because the author is
implying that most youth are at risk of living a life that could only end up
in death.
The imagery in this poem is “she died amongst the junkies pimps and
whores of the asphalt city”. The effect it has on the reader is
although you cant see it physical you can imagine seeing someone living such a terrible life that the
streets is their home.
A metaphor in Mourning a Sister’s Death is “caught in a gringo world-” which is saying a Mexican American don’t belong in a world full of white
people.
The tone is sad/hurt because the author says “saying you name
sounds rough like the life you lived..” which is also saying that her sister lived a hard life and by saying her name it reminds her of the the loss
of her sister.
I liked this poem because it tells the truth and many people can relate to it. Although I haven’t lost one of my sisters, I know how hard it is to lose someone so close to you, especially
if they die young.