Wednesday, November 6, 2024

GOODBYE ~

 



     The Albert Camus quote was chalked at 7 PM

     election night with a good pal holding

      a flashlight to guide the guiding words

      BACKROAD CHALKIE NOV 6 '24




PHILIP GUSTON: I Paint What I Want To See ~

 


R E A D   M E


   Penguin Books, 2022





Monday, November 4, 2024

Sunday, November 3, 2024

LALO DELGADO ~

 



Stupid America


stupid america, see that chicano

with a big knife

in his steady hand

he doesn't want to knife you

he wants to sit down on a bench

and carve christ figures

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.



__________________

Lalo Delgardo

"Stupid America"

from Latino Poetry

Rigoberto Gonzalez, editor

The Library of America, 2024





Saturday, November 2, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024