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Can someone tell me the theme of this poem??

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Problems with Hurricanes

by Victor Hernández Cruz

A campesino looked at the air

And told me:

With hurricanes it's not the wind

or the noise or the water.

I'll tell you he said:

it's the mangoes, avocados

Green plantains and bananas

flying into town like projectiles.

How would your family

feel if they had to tell

The generations that you

got killed by a flying

Banana.

Death by drowning has honor

If the wind picked you up

and slammed you

Against a mountain boulder

This would not carry shame

But

to suffer a mango smashing

Your skull

or a plantain hitting your

Temple at 70 miles per hour

is the ultimate disgrace.

The campesino takes off his hat—

As a sign of respect

toward the fury of the wind

And says:

Don't worry about the noise

Don't worry about the water

Don't worry about the wind—

If you are going out

beware of mangoes

And all such beautiful

sweet things.

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  1. i got nothing sorry


  2. being defeated by the little things in life is worse than being defeated by the unstoppable?

    idk, that's what i got out of it anyway.

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