Solamente un Dedo (Just a Finger)

Solamente un Dedo (Just a Finger) Oh how it stings! The lack of the bling! Just an empty dedo, lonely and free, without a band. Bewildered by a love of every man. Isn’t it shiny, have you set a date? I giggle and smile. Inside irate! Aching inside all the while. 4 years spent , fussing and loving, Nothing to show but an empty dedo. Lonely and dark, my ringless dedo! No anillo to blind my amiga’s eyes! Books and research lay at my thighs. I stay up late studying, rather than lovemaking into the wee hours of the nights. Waking again and almost too soon, another wedding announcement, Bridal flowers soon to bloom! “Tienes novio? Pues ya estas bien.” You have more time. More time to spend, on studies and work. Successful, intellectual-an old maid at my young age, old friends being given away each day. Throughout lectures and conferences, My dedo never goes astray. It remains there, no luxurious jewel, for anyone to behold. “Mijita, your prince will come.” Words of little, to no comfort as bouquets miss my grasp. Only men who want to slap my ass. Because I’m unconventional I’ll be alone. As amazing a Chicana I am, The anillo grows further and further with each and every man. Always a bridesmaid and never a bride. A scholar, a success, my family’s pride and joy. No lover, no beau, no fiancé. And how it stings!! This lack of the bling!