Chicano Poet

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Red Wheelbarrow

So much depends
upon

the Mexican
pushing

a red wheelbarrow
at the construction site

where the new
strip mall will go up

for white folks
to gorge

on Starbucks
and authentic

Mexican food

Friday, February 03, 2017

I Know A Cabron

As I said to my
amigo, because I am
always hablando---Cabron, I

sd, which was not his
nombre, racism sur
rounds us, what

can we do about
it, or should we
buy a big goddamn gun

and shoot, he sd, for
christ’s sake, pendejo, look
out where you’re shooting