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mexican jazz part 142 b
there are the spaces where our tongues collapse on themselves and we start to forget our jewish heritage our irish heritage our japanese or mexican heritage and start to try and just claim american its easier to pronounce its easier to make excuses its easier than to actually try to explain all the layeredContinue reading “mexican jazz part 142 b”
mexican jazz part 141 b
we were the ones waiting at the border waiting for our mother to return from the setting sun that almost took her life from the coyote that took my sisters life from the breath of life we came to become in this america we were the ones waiting at the border trying to findContinue reading “mexican jazz part 141 b”
mexican jazz part 140 b
this border breaks us and binds us it speaks to us in tongues we are waiting for the salvation of where we come from we are waiting for somebody to tear one down or build another one up or to rescue refugees or detain them or make them disappear this immigration song of us thisContinue reading “mexican jazz part 140 b”
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#mexicanjazz part 139a
where are we coming from this aztlan deep inside this digital codex deep inside the face and the mirror of what it means to stand on this america. this turtle island lost in papers this america. stuck with the paradigm of becoming some other part of great again. this america was neverContinue reading “#mexicanjazz part 139a”
mexican jazz part 75
face the dream. when you finally make it to college and realize that nobody else in your family made it to college but nobody in your familia has been helping you with your education for years now. my father had a 6th grade education and he left me with my mother and showed upContinue reading “mexican jazz part 75”
mexican jazz part 74
who cares whether your arte is mexican or mexican american whether is speaks in spanish, english calo nahuatl or border nations who cares where you were born on the weekends nobody really wants to know the layers of arte that is breeding inside you you should have seen the mess i made today.Continue reading “mexican jazz part 74”
MEXICAN JAZZ PART 73
there are borders in the tongue in the mouth in the way we approach all the conditions that were placed in front of us behind us . to the sides of us we are mexican american waiting to be reborn under a chicano sun? a rasquache sun? a pale mexican moon? there are blood linesContinue reading “MEXICAN JAZZ PART 73”
mexican jazz part 72
people want to pretend that coming across the border is just some choice to come and take advantage of the american dream nobody wants to talk about the sacrifice of going back. of dying. of staying here. 2 you have to cross the border knowing that everything in your life is going to disappear.Continue reading “mexican jazz part 72”
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