stupid america, see that
chicano
with a big knife
on his steady hand
he doesn’t want to knife you
he wants to sit on a bench
and carve christfigures
but you won’t let him.
stupid america, hear that
chicano
shouting curses on the street
he is a poet
without paper and pencil
and since he cannot write
he will explode.
stupid america, remember
that chicano
flunking math and english
he is the picasso
of your western states
but he will die
with one thousand
masterpieces
hanging only from his mind.
you are not “his-panic”, you are not the government’s panic.
you are chicano, the people that have always been here before the spaniards.
your history is rich, your people knew how to create irrigation systems, farming, goldsmith, and adobe building.
you are chicano because the river has never divided us.
you are chicano because you are proud of it.
you are chicano because you believe in equality of all people and all of love.
you pick.
the choices you make will impact every single soul in the world.
Audism in Alpine
Twice I was being judged in two separate events in a day for simply being Deaf and using American Sign Language. One, at the farmer’s market, for wrongful accusation that I am not capable of taking myself or even my son. Secondly, for Cinco De Mayo at the Kokonerot Park, for mocking my friend and I for simply ordering delicious chile relleno and brisket burritos through sign language. How can we judge our following civilians in such events like this, where we were supposed to create a stronger understanding community? My response to this: For as long as we judge in our community, we are truly blind and selfish, blind to everybody’s gifts, selfish to accept us for who we are.
no joke,
the zombies who cling to money to survive
who engulf illusion to stay alive,
those who worry about vanity,
those who have no compassion, or passion
those who don’t understand peace,
those who can’t dance,
those who can’t laugh,
those who can’t weep,
those who can’t express,
those who let artificial ideas being planted in our heads, like government that feed you technology and sugar, and most contagious disease of all, greed.
wake up, humans.
