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    The poem "My Tongue is Divided into Two" describes the experience of the Salvadoran immigrant poet QuiQue Aviles, whose tongue feels divided between English and Spanish. His tongue jumps between "heavy accent bits of confusion" and expressions that hurt the heart. Aviles speaks on the contradictions of identity and how language can be used to marginalize people or connect them. The author finds resilience in reclaiming his voice through writing and performing poetry.

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    The poem "My Tongue is Divided into Two" describes the experience of the Salvadoran immigrant poet QuiQue Aviles, whose tongue feels divided between English and Spanish. His tongue jumps between "heavy accent bits of confusion" and expressions that hurt the heart. Aviles speaks on the contradictions of identity and how language can be used to marginalize people or connect them. The author finds resilience in reclaiming his voice through writing and performing poetry.

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    The poem "My Tongue is Divided into Two" describes the experience of the Salvadoran immigrant poet QuiQue Aviles, whose tongue feels divided between English and Spanish. His tongue jumps between "heavy accent bits of confusion" and expressions that hurt the heart. Aviles speaks on the contradictions of identity and how language can be used to marginalize people or connect them. The author finds resilience in reclaiming his voice through writing and performing poetry.

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    My Tongue is Divided into Two

    Silvana Segura
    GWSS 451
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    My Tongue is Divided into Two

    Silvana Segura
    GWSS 451
    QuiQue Aviles
    - Came to Washington D.C from El
    Salvador
    - Suffers from addiction, in recovery
    - Has a collection of 12 poems in the
    Immigrant museum
    - Performs poetry and monologues
    depicting realities of Latinos and POC
    in the US
    - Speaks on contradictions of identity
    and race
    My Tongue is Divided Into Two
    My tongue is divided into two My tongue is divided into
    by virtue, coincidence or two
    heaven into heavy accent bits of
    words jumping out of my confusion
    mouth into miracles and accidents
    stepping on each other saying things that hurt the
    enjoying being a voice for the heart
    message expecting drowning in a language that
    conclusions lives, jumps, translates
    My tongue is divided by nature My tongue is divided into two
    by our crazy desire to triumph one side likes to party
    and conquer the other one takes refuge in praying

    This tongue is cut up into equal tongue


    pieces english of the funny sounds
    one wants to curse and sing out tongue
    loud funny sounds in english
    the other one simply wants to tongue
    ask for water sounds funny in english
    tongue
    in funny english sounds
    My tongue sometimes acts like My tongue is divided into two
    two My tongue is divided into two
    and it goes crazy
    not knowing which side should I like my tongue
    be speaking it says what feels right
    which side translating I like my tongue
    it says what feels right
    My tongue is divided into two
    a border patrol runs through the
    middle
    frisking words
    asking for proper identification
    checking for pronunciation
    Resilience & identity
    - Language and its purpose
    - Physical border vs. mental border
    - Conforming
    - Language used to marginalize people instead of outlet to connect
    with one another
    - Tongue is silenced, people are silenced, belittled
    - Social death persists regardless of attempts to fit in
    - Irony of tongue+voice
    Author’s Resilience
    “I will take my voice back”

    “I believe that addiction can kill me, but


    that writing and performing will save me”
    QuiQue Aviles
    - Came to Washington D.C from El
    Salvador
    - Suffers from addiction, in recovery
    - Has a collection of 12 poems in the
    Immigrant museum
    - Performs poetry and monologues
    depicting realities of Latinos and POC
    in the US
    - Speaks on contradictions of identity
    and race
    My Tongue is Divided Into Two
    My tongue is divided into two My tongue is divided into
    by virtue, coincidence or two
    heaven into heavy accent bits of
    words jumping out of my confusion
    mouth into miracles and accidents
    stepping on each other saying things that hurt the
    enjoying being a voice for the heart
    message expecting drowning in a language that
    conclusions lives, jumps, translates
    My tongue is divided by nature My tongue is divided into two
    by our crazy desire to triumph one side likes to party
    and conquer the other one takes refuge in praying

    This tongue is cut up into equal tongue


    pieces english of the funny sounds
    one wants to curse and sing out tongue
    loud funny sounds in english
    the other one simply wants to tongue
    ask for water sounds funny in english
    tongue
    in funny english sounds
    My tongue sometimes acts like My tongue is divided into two
    two My tongue is divided into two
    and it goes crazy
    not knowing which side should I like my tongue
    be speaking it says what feels right
    which side translating I like my tongue
    it says what feels right
    My tongue is divided into two
    a border patrol runs through the
    middle
    frisking words
    asking for proper identification
    checking for pronunciation
    Resilience & identity
    - Language and its purpose
    - Physical border vs. mental border
    - Conforming
    - Language used to marginalize people instead of outlet to connect
    with one another
    - Tongue is silenced, people are silenced, belittled
    - Social death persists regardless of attempts to fit in
    - Irony of tongue+voice
    Author’s Resilience
    “I will take my voice back”

    “I believe that addiction can kill me, but


    that writing and performing will save me”

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