Nuyorican Quotes

“This is definitely / for the brothers / who ain't here.”
― Willie Perdomo, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime

“These dreams
These empty dreams
from the make-believe bedrooms
their parents left them
are the after-effects
of television programs
about the ideal
white american family
with black maids
and latino janitors
who are well train
to make everyone
and their bill collectors
laugh at them
and the people they represent”
― Pedro Pietri

“I have a pint of Puerto Rican rum from Ponce that I am drinking from at intervals in between punctuations on my notes for future reference. Wine is unkind to the mind. I have no emotional use for it. It instigates headaches and induces depression. Rum is articulate.”
― Pedro Pietri, Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry