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Part II


I Am Me and You Are You
Paloma Esparza

Chinese?
Mexican?
White?
No! No! No!
You have it all wrong.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Don't judge me by my cover.

I am ... and you are you.

Born in El Paso but
Raised in San Antonio.
Which is better?
Family here and there.
Friends here and there.
Where do I fit?
Home is what I want.
Home is what I need.


Untitled
Jorge Esparza

Dear Whatchamacallit,

Why the hate? Why the tears? You're fighting against people
that you've never seen before. Bloods, Crips, KKKs. What's
the point? We're all humans and not above each other. Innocent
lives have been taken out by stupidity and hate

Variety
Jacob Gonzalez

Dear Satan,

Why are there so many Mexican restaurants?
Even Hell must have more variety than this?
Maybe I want a pizza place!
No one cares, though,
Because, "I only need tacos."
That's what they say
And that's all that matters,
Giving everybody what they want,
According to statistics.
I probably don't need to say anything.
You'll see them soon.


Snotty People
Shelly (Cecilia) Nerio

Snotty people, spoiled girls
Blond hair, blue eyes
Here comes the Mexican
Did you live in Mexico? they ask
Is it dirty there?
I got called wetback, beaner
Some even asked if I was adopted by a rich family
I just smiled and walked away with my friends
Lee, Denisha, Maria, Juan, Yoko

Whether we come from different
Places and speak different
Tongues, our hearts beat as one


Prosthetic Flowers
Marcie Elias

The vines grow on the tree outside
my grandfather's house, while
the iron gate houses the flowers
he has planted. The concrete
pathway sees age marks when
the grass sprouts. The porch
gathers the cigarette ash that is
my  grandfather's hair.

As you walk in, the birds chirp
from the porch's roof. The
room is lit up with the sunny
rays and flowers. Oh, those
prosthetic flowers. Coffee bean
aroma hits you like the sound of
an old T.V. turning on. The window
seals have housed the old flies
that lurk around the fresh red fruit
that sits on the old trunk table. I
look down at the tile.


McDonald's
Andres Sustraita

Yes, I am a concerned customer
and I was wondering,
if your employees don't
fry their burgers to cook them, and
they steam them hot, is it hazardous
to our health? And since you buy
older potatoes, will they give us
food poisoning?


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