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by Rosie

Posted to Action Poetry on 2003-06-19 23:41:00

Parent message is 471876
i loved this.

reminded me of a poem i read in college, turned me to spanish lit/chicano poetry. i will share it with you. and thank you for your piece.



Stupid America


Stupid America, see that Chicano
with a big knife
in his stready 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 Chicanito
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.

-Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado

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