Custodio presents "Thunder is the Language I Speak" View All Events Saint Michael's College presents Daniel Jose Custodio, renowned slam poet and educator, "Thunder is the Language I speak," at 6:30 PM in McCarthy Arts Center. Custodio, who gives "raw, thunderous, life-changing performances," takes you into his life as an embattled first-generation Latino and into his triumph as an artist today. Winner of major poetry awards, he uses poetry as an instrument of change with inner-city youth in his hometown, Richmond, VA.