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They came for us

They came for us Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/the-minnesota-review/article-pdf/2022/98/6/1518818/2022006.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 12 June 2022 Dorsía Smith Silva e Th y came for us out of the woodwork with their sun-bleached smiles and sea-sprayed tans, tendons of cash to trademark residences fatbacking the coast. In return, bowlegged access to beaches, aerosol sight of skies, coupon books of what was ours. on Saturday and Sunday morning commercials showing jovial kids eating mac n’ cheese with orange sauce and Zucaritas to cut off a foot or leg later maybe even (sorry, folks!) an eye or two. Abuela’s meals shooed into the other room. at the invitation of the government. Come to paradise. And so, they came. And so, they stayed. And so, they said thanks demanded. And so, they [destroyed and] conquered. ¿Y qué nos pasó? Estamos muriendo. Deja de matarnos. Let’s have this conversation in English. Those apparitions are of your own making. If you turn into a myth, then that’s your problem. Look. You still have the chupacabra. It will not rat you out. e Th re’s your glow-up limb. Now, grow yourself back. minnesota review 98 (2022) DOI 10.1215/00265667-9563555 © 2022 Dorsía Smith Silva http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png the minnesota review Duke University Press

They came for us

the minnesota review , Volume 2022 (98) – May 1, 2022

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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/the-minnesota-review/article-pdf/2022/98/6/1518818/2022006.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 12 June 2022 Dorsía Smith Silva e Th y came for us out of the woodwork with their sun-bleached smiles and sea-sprayed tans, tendons of cash to trademark residences fatbacking the coast. In return, bowlegged access to beaches, aerosol sight of skies, coupon books of what was ours. on Saturday and Sunday morning commercials showing jovial kids eating mac n’ cheese with orange sauce and Zucaritas to cut off a foot or leg later maybe even (sorry, folks!) an eye or two. Abuela’s meals shooed into the other room. at the invitation of the government. Come to paradise. And so, they came. And so, they stayed. And so, they said thanks demanded. And so, they [destroyed and] conquered. ¿Y qué nos pasó? Estamos muriendo. Deja de matarnos. Let’s have this conversation in English. Those apparitions are of your own making. If you turn into a myth, then that’s your problem. Look. You still have the chupacabra. It will not rat you out. e Th re’s your glow-up limb. Now, grow yourself back. minnesota review 98 (2022) DOI 10.1215/00265667-9563555 © 2022 Dorsía Smith Silva

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Published: May 1, 2022

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