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

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