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55 Look them up, Mr. Tate.”
I was very sure to keep

my tone soft, my words polite.
“Google them.
Then you would know

60 why I can’t be called Mike.”
I think I impressed him.

I doubt he will come back
with that Mike business again.
Although the truth is that

65 I wasn’t named
for Miguel de Unamuno,
or Miguel Hernández,

or Cervantes.
I was named

70 after my grandfather,
José Miguel Martínez,

who never wrote a word
but every morning
walks out to the door

75 to say good-bye
and tell me to learn much.
That is why I will not be Joe,

or Mike,
in spite of all the Rogers in the world,

80 but José Miguel Martínez.
Cubano, a mucha honra. Yes, very proud

to be Cuban.
Para servirle. And at your service.

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