Pao Duro?

A buen hambre no hay pan duro.1
Anything tastes good when you’re hungry.

Leí incorrectamente como …
A bueno hombre no hay pan duro.
O …
Pan duros son buenos hombres.
Being tight can be okay.
…………………….
They called me tight.
Hard bread. Pão duro.

No car for two years.
Despite the super (capitalistic) OEA2 deal.

The poor filhos e minha spousa
Carrying groceries/compras
On the bus at four and six
And a stunningly beautiful 30!

Pão duro? I don’t think so.
It was a conservation ethic
From the depression/WPA experiences
The GI Bill courses
Which Dad Alton absorbed and diffused.

Yes.
Yes.

And no.

Truth is I am just a wannabe.
But being small / being pão duro,
Even as an aspiration,
Is beautiful!

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1 https://www.spanishdict.com/answers/185925/a-buen-hambre-no-hay-pan-duro
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_American_States

pbm 5/7/19

[ 7 Ss / VV->^^ ]

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