Learning Ingles before ESL

So they did their job real well, taking

away my language. I gave it to them

readily, no entendiendo entonces

que era mi derecho ser innocente.

Y pues las palabras en ingles--easy

compared to la pobreza y ese miedo

de que nos descubrieran mojados.

Spelling tests, crossword puzzles, quizzes, verbs,

if only life could be so simple. Remember

the words, each letter in its place and time.

I like learning English, its fun, I’m good

at it y le ayudo a mi mama
cuando ella necesita decir algo.

Yes they are all gueras. Or that’s how it was. NightSchool ESL. Silent H

Here I am again. You thought I’d had just

enough. Kaput. All done with my whining

for a day. Check that last line out, the H’s

are extremely seductive, serve no purpose

but beauty cuz they’re nonexistent H’s.

If you think it’s Easy learning English

I dare you to begin, keep on trying Buds,

You’ll never learn it all. I’ve been doing it

for decades don’t even go to the malls. I’m

inside studying. So anyhow, where were

we? Its not Easy to learn to spell a silent H.

Just tryh hguessihn werhe it hgoes.

How do I know? "Besides we’d wish to sit

down once in a while. The others are

exhausted and its so overcrowded.

It seems the teachers have no experience.

Yes they are all gueras. Or that’s how it was."