A new poem of mine was published today at the Writers of the Rio Grande literary site.
Writers of the Rio Grande say about their site: "One of our missions... is to elucidate to the world the voices of the people of the Rio Grande Valley and the border from Tamaulipas/Texas to Arizona/Sonora to Baja/California. And the great border cities as well. And the nexus hubs that connect Latin America to the U.S of America…. San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles. Our greatest opportunity here is to be heard. These are the collected voices of deep south Texas."
An excerpt of "Forever":
... and when I told the black lady in the supermarket
not to touch me because I would turn dirty
like her, and she laughed Niñita, que preciosa
pinching my cheeks
and talking over my head to abuelita
who had barricaded me into the shopping cart –
with her large knock-off of a knock-off purse –
like someone would steal me ...