El veinticinco de enero
Isabel Parra
January Twenty-Fifth
On January twenty-fifth
They took me prisoner
For stealing from Father Holy
The candles and the candlesticks,
On January twenty-fifth.
I stole the cassock, oh mama,
The pants,
A mass booklet,
Four crepe ribbons.
Four crepe ribbons, yes,
The items,
Another mass booklet,
The sacraments.
I peeled off his shirt
During mass.
