His mother was Spanish, his father Portuguese
Though he never considered himself
Either one of these
Always proclaimed himself an internationalist
Said he had no allegiance to any borders
Still, he held fast to a British passport
Said it was handy
For getting out of most difficulties
I met him in an Internet cafe in Glasgow
Back when Internet cafes were a thing
He spoke English with an awful accent
Which was still better
Than my Portuguese or Spanish
"You don't speak real Spanish."
He once said
"You speak a western bastardization of Spanish"
At least that's what I think he said
It may have been
"You speak a weird abomination of Spanish"
Dude was very hard to understand
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