"La Gaia. Ya."

Chicana poet Lorna Dee Cervantes has a blog. (Via Ana Castillo.) She's an amazing writer just on the day-to-day. Her voice is familiar, in the root of the word -- familial. She writes,

"If you know me you know that I'm a lifetime non-driver. I decided that it was something I could do in my lifetime, never drive, for El Mundo's sake. El Mundo, which is about as close to a concept of "God" as I can fathom. La Gaia. Ya. So I know enough about driving to get someone to the hospital if need be, but that's about it. And get a car with a stick shift started. Otherwise, cars just aren't part of my culture. Talk about feeling like an alien. Or feeling in exile in one's own homeland. Ahem."

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