I am from the city of New York,
from making noises while driving within the five boroughs to making more noises in the barrios,
I am from an area where hispanics love to play bachata around midnights,
Custom cars and police cars driving recklessly in the streets of Jackson Heights,
I am from Peru and Ecuador, both countries across from each other in south America,
and home of the guinea pigs and the llamas,
I’m from Queens in New York City that lives in a Peruvian household,
From eating burgers and fries as child, to now my present life eating ceviche and second de pollo,
From the sound of the motorcycle taxi’s making the vroom sound to now hearing cars beep all over the place,
and from taking these metro buses and more buses, to taking the MTA Subway train and still be late to college later than 8,
I am from New York City where the city never sleeps,
from being a child not making real money to now having a job and being financially stable, having money,
even though times are tough with covid-19,
but we all try the best we can all be.
