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Outlaw: The Collected Works of Miguel Piñero is made possible through grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and by the Exemplar Program, a program of Americans for the Arts in Collaboration with the LarsonAllen Public Services Group, funded by the Ford Foundation. Recovering the past, creating the future Arte Público Press University of Houston 452 Cullen Performance Hall Houston, Texas 77204-2004 Photograph of Miguel Piñero by Arlene Gottfried Cover design by Pilar Espino Piñero, Miguel Outlaw: The Collected Works of Miguel Piñero / by Miguel Piñero; introduction to the poetry of Miguel Piñero by Nicolás Kanellos; introduction to the drama of Miguel Piñero by Jorge Iglesias. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-55885-606-6 (alk. paper) 1. Inner cities—New York (State)—New York—Poetry. 2. Inner cities—New York (State)—NewYork—Drama. 3. Puerto Ricans—NewYork (State)—New York—Poetry. 4. Puerto Ricans—New York (State)—New York—Drama. I. Title. PS3566.I5216O87 2010 811'.54—dc22 2010025858 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. SHORT EYES by Miguel Piñero. Copyright © 1974, 1975 by Miguel Piñero. Reprinted by permission of Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. © 2010 by Arte Público Press Printed in the United States of America 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Table of Contents Introduction to the Poetry of Miguel Piñero by Nicolás Kanellos | vii Introduction to the Drama of Miguel Piñero by Jorge Iglesias | xv LA BODEGA SOLD DREAMS POETRY 3 La Bodega Sold Dreams 4 A Lower East Side Poem 6 The Book of Genesis According to San Miguelito 9 This Is Not the Place Where I Was Born 11 Black Woman with the Blond Wig On 13 Jitterbugging Jesus 15 —Kill, Kill, Kill 17 Running Scared 19 Seekin’ the Cause 22 La Cañonera del Mundo 23 Spring Garden—Philadelphia 26 Cocaine Nose—Acid Face 28 Visitin’ a Friend at the Cold Shop 30 On the Lock-In 31 On the Day They Buried my Mother 32 La gente que no se quiera pa’ na con la lengua 33 The Menudo of a Cuchifrito Love Affair 35 New York City Hard Times Blues PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE CYCLE OF LA BODEGA SOLD DREAMS 43 Obreras 45 Declaration 1968 46 Bastard Streets 48 Transtime Meditation 49 A Latin Trip 51 Windy Music Screams Profanity 52 Vente Conmigo 53 Guy Lombardo—Back in Town 54 A Carnival Perpetual Inconsistent Commentary Poem
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Page 20 and 21: are teenagers, between the ages of
Page 22 and 23: Jorge Iglesias the first two major
Page 24 and 25: Jorge Iglesias disappointing, often
Page 26 and 27: Jorge Iglesias contemporary playwri
Page 28 and 29: Jorge Iglesias Piñero, Miguel. La
Page 31 and 32: Obreras quizás soy profeta que de
Page 33 and 34: Declaration 1968 This child . . . t
Page 35 and 36: updrift/upstage sweet smell & sound
Page 37 and 38: Miguel Piñero The latter two roles
Page 39 and 40: TUTU: Okay, then, it’s settled. L
Page 41 and 42: Miguel Piñero HECTOR: God damn, yo
Page 43 and 44: Miguel Piñero HECTOR: What did the
Page 45 and 46: Miguel Piñero MALO: No te vayas. M
Page 47 and 48: Miguel Piñero own name . . . it’
Page 49 and 50: don’t watch those doctor shows on
Page 51 and 52: The pain open the door. Help me, Ma
Page 53 and 54: Miguel Piñero TUTU: You’re the j

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