TFv03 CH 07 Lives of Others (annotated)

Annotations for Lives of Others from Honeysuckle & Pain.

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**Lorna Dee Cervantes**

(born August 6, 1954) is an award-winning Chicana,
of Mexican and Native American (Chumash), ancestry. She is a feminist, activist
poet who is considered one of the major Chicana poets of the past 40 years. She
has been described by Alurista, as "probably the best Chicana poet active
today." (Wikipedia)

Chicano or Chicana (also spelled Xicano or Xicana) is a chosen identity
of some Mexican Americans in the United States. The term Chicano is
sometimes used interchangeably with Mexican[-]American. Both names are chosen
identities within the Mexican-American community in the United States. However, these terms
have a wide range of meanings in various parts of the Southwest. The term became
widely used during the Chicano Movement by Mexican Americans to express pride
in a shared cultural, ethnic and community identity (Wikipedia)

Full quote:

**“Emplumada”**

When summer ended

the leaves of snapdragons withered

taking their shrill-colored mouths with them.

They were still, so quiet.  They
were

violet where umber now is.  She
hated

and she hated to see

them go.  Flowers

born when the weather was good-this

she thinks of, watching the branch of peaches

daring their ways above the fence, and further,

two hummingbirds, hovering, stuck to each other,

arching their bodies in grim determination

to find what is good, what is

given them to find.  These are
warriors

distancing themselves from history.

They find peace

in the way they contain the wind

and are gone.

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**6.26**

17 days since we last saw Luther

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**ten-behind-bars**

?

**Esplained**

why written like this?

**Teyo dice que conoces a estos vatos,**
Esto va para ellos. Y esto para nosotros.

Teyo said he knows these guys. This
is for them. And this for us.

**Y lo que sobra**

And what is left?\What
remains?

**Al mismo tiempo**

at the same time

**Los tapados**

covered,
earthworms?

**copper**

?, Earthworms absorb
discarded copper nanomaterials presented in soil

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**listo pa actuar**

listo par
actuar – ready to act

**Diez grandes**

10.000

**Troca**

cargo truck

**Two extra**

2.000

**Mero mero**

Spanish slang for the
best, the top, the greatest. Can also be can be used to refer to a leader of a
group

**Olérselas**

sniff, smell

**Desmadre**

urban: Total chaos, Also
Used frequently in the chicano "paisa" culture to describe an event
that is spectacular. Google Translate: Animal House

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**chalán**

horsedealer, someone
dedicated to make deals on purchases and sales

**Seguro**

insurance

**Una coladera**

colander

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**him**

the rat Teyo sent Luther
to kill

**no le hace**

doesn’t matter

**La propuesta**

proposal

**La meta**

goal

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**Domingo Persianos**

name meaning: persian born on Sunday

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**padroteando**

pimp

**Mercas**

mercar - to trade

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**las garras**

the claws

**La chamba**

work activity, occasional and poorly paid work

**Power House**

Highland Ave, Hollywood

**Red Lion**

Glendale
Blvd, Los Angeles

**The Psalm**

S
Flower St, Los Angeles

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**sushi**

he ate it with Teyo

**Pacifico**

peaceful, pacific ocean

**Rodeo Drive**

a shopping district and a major tourist attraction

**Camisas**

 shirts

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**caderas**

hips

**Por lo mismo**

that’s why

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**Pinche**
sonrisota

fucking smiling girl, pinche is also kitchen boy

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**caliente**

hot, horny

**Mandil**

pinafore, apron

**Forties**

ounce, bottle of liquor

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**gabachos**

gringos, Americans

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**collection service**

debt collector