Chicano Nerd

After La Virgen de Guadalupe took over from God
my love-life did not seem to get any better

pretty girls still rejected me
chicanas were the worst

at hurting my manly feelings
white girls let me down gently most of the time

slowly I began to realize
that no matter who’s in charge of this mundo

no matter how many candles I lit
I had to switch over

to La Virgen de San Juan---
maybe she’d make me into a chick magnet.