Mariano Explains Yanqui Colonialism to Judge Collings
Judge: Does the prisoner understand his rights?
Interpreter: ¿Entiende usted sus derechos?
Prisoner: ¡Pa'l carajo!
Interpreter: Yes.
Espada, Martín. "Mariano Explains Yanqui Colonialism," Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002, W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.
Rights: Martín Espada; W.W. Norton & Company