guacamaya macaw.
Híjole equivalent to "Wow" or "Geez!" in English.
huipil a traditional hand-embroidered blouse.
"I wanted you bare-breasted, snakes in your hands . . . ." The speaker, Chayo, is here referring to a famous image of the Mother Goddess from the ancient bronze-age Minoan culture of Crete (c. 3000–c. 1100 b.c.).
