Susana Marcelo

Biography

Susana Marcelo’s work has been published in The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States (Tia Chucha, 2017), In-flight Literary Magazine, and the Northridge Review. She is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge, and Los Angeles Valley College. She is also the creative director of La Ceiba: The Undergraduate Journal of Central American Studies.

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POETRY / Summer 2019

Parasites

By Susana Marcelo


Para Mamita Juana, Papita Pablo, y Padrino Reden

Alma lost an eye when her house collapsed under ash. 
Milo severed his thumb por una bomba. 
Juana married John in Las Vegas.
Ernesto washed dishes in Hollywood until his skin cracked 
while...