Van Gilst, Lorna

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Volume 32 Number 2 Fine Arts Issue 2003 Article 8 December 2003 Corte el Pasto/Cut the Grass Lorna Van Gilst Dordt College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/pro_rege  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Recommended Citation Van Gilst, Lorna (2003) "Corte el Pasto/Cut the Grass," Pro Rege: Vol. 32: No. 2, 14. Available at: https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/pro_rege/vol32/iss2/8 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at Digital Collections @ Dordt. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pro Rege by an authorized administrator of Digital Collections @ Dordt. For more information, please contact ingrid.mulder@dordt.edu. Corte el Pasto/Cut the GrassLorna Van GilstUnruly tufts of greenerupt in Lupe’s yard—Slender spears reach tall,then wave and foldinto the wind,and bounce uprightin happy leaps of spring.But Lupe’s el casero gringocomes to Lupe’s house and says,“Lupe, cut the grass.Don’t you know? I want to sell the house.”Lupe says, “Si, okay,” and gets into her carand goes to work—all night she scrubs and sweeps.As morning dawns, she fallsinto her bed and sleeps all dayuntil the buzz of mowingbreaks her peace.Then el casero says again,“Lupe, cut the grass.Who will buy a housewith waving grass?”Lupe just says, “Sorry,”and goes off to work.But three days laterLupe finds a curious flowergrowing in her yard,dark-stemmed,with one white bloom:“This area treatedchemically.Keep off.”Lupe steps inside and goes to sleep.14

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