A Quick Quihúbole
Truth is, I wrote this for the Chicanao Mestizaje del Valle Imperial, for the shades of brown. And so, even though I know this might not shade everyone in The Desert, I hope the Shades stretch and reach that certain someone…or two or 70-something-percent.
See, I’m not coming to you with a black\and\or\white perspective here; I’m talking about the shades of brown: and that’s the truth, you know. I want you to see the truth, to see your shades.
Cuz, la neta-la neta, the truth comes in shades of brown—just look around. And when truth is written down, truth is poetry. And this is my poetry : these are my Shades of Brown.
Puro Chicanao Love.
Angel eFe Sandoval
el Part-Time poeta CalifAztlán 2012
year of the new movement
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3 comments so far ↓
1 Kim McMillon // Mar 16, 2013 at 9:40 am
Thank you for writing this exquisite work.
2 Eileen Tabios // Mar 16, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Urgent and necessary poems — glad to see the collection published and glad to have read it.
3 jpvm // Mar 18, 2013 at 12:39 pm
¿¡Brole!? ¡Calecia!
Seriously, good stuff. Made me homesick for the Valley and my people.
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