{"sf1_id":2197083,"sf2_id":"Rm08rPRm","title":"The Way Holidays Collide","author":"Apolarbear17","words":207,"posted_at":"2024-11-04T21:35:43.000Z","tags":["Caribbean American Heritage Month","Dominican Mothers Day","Holidays","Poetry","Separate Holidays","culture","mothers day","time"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2197083-the-way-holidays-collide","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm08rPRm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/12/e7/12e7444d-2606-4cb7-af60-8aba1e6b97d2","description":"Wrote this when it was both pride month and Caribbean American Heritage Month and being half dominican I couldn’t let that second one pass me by. My last post covered pride month and this poem covered the caribbean heritage part. This is a poem about Dominican Mother’s Day and the way culture can make you celebrate something again so soon. Was on break when I posted this which delayed it a couple of weeks. Originally posted in June 2024.","content":"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;The Way Holidays Collide\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nThe holidays fly by\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut it's not too common to get the same one twice especially so soon\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut for some it happens right in that last week before June\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nDifferent places and cultures celebrate at different times\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIn different ways\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd with the way time soars by sometimes you can forget that in a passing haze\n\n \n\nUntil it hits you hard\n\n \n\nWhat you have forgotten\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nLeaving barely enough time to consider even a card\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nOf course one could argue there's nothing to be boughten\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIf you celebrated it before why acknowledge it again\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWouldn't it be better to celebrate just the one and not the other\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt'd be easier to do it that way but ignoring a piece of culture like that just feels off\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo you manage to do something small and once again celebrate the mothers\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThe caribbean way this time which you didn't want to write-off\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo you did what you could with what time would abide\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd hopefully next year you'll remember where your two worlds intersect\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo it won't feel like you let them plus their holidays almost collide\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;"}