Annotate and paraphrase:
this a trash can chained to a gate,
this is my father with his eyes half-closed.
this a photograph of my sister
and a giraffe looking over her shoulder.
this is our car's front bumper.
this is a bird with a pretzel in its beak.
this is my brother pedro standing on one leg on a rock.
with a smear of chocolate on his face.
mama sneezed when she looked
behind the camera: the snapshots are blurry,
the angles dizzy as a spin on a merry-go-round.
but we had fun when mama picked up the camera.
how can i tell?
each of us laughing hard.
can you see: i have candy in my mouth.