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Block Mentality ~by Omar Vargas
Kickin’ it, chilling, smoking, drinking nassing it, bumpin’ it till 3 am eyes been adjusted to the cloud of smoke mind of a fien, wanting...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
The Block ~by Omar Vargas
All around the world they say but really it started in LA blue rags, baggy pants them fresh white pro clubs and LA caps off to the fast...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
A walk through of a needle ~by Omar Vargas
It feels like eternity laying down on the leather chair moving dramatically needle surfing back and forth on my leg like a cat scratching...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
An overdose of regret ~by Omar Vargas
Wake up with my heart racing can’t breathe and I start shaking feels like I sniffed five lines of yay and hitting a pack of stogies...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
Dunas de promesas pútridas ~by Cokí Apito
Cuando éramos pequeñas, nuestras madres Nos decían que la salvación venía a buscarnos en camellos. Cuando éramos pequeñas, nuestros...
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Mar 11, 20212 min read
The Beauty of Strangers ~by Dennis Hernandez
There are tongues that speak to us more sincerely and closely than ever could one’s mother, or dared our brethren among us. There are...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Her the Earth, he the Rain ~by Arthur Tomas Hernandez
I reach into her, both with tenderness and loving force. Descending against her and made concrete walls. I listen to her tones of love...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Remember Our Ways ~by Francisco Lopez
We gotta get trapped in a maze to REMEMBER OUR WAYS till the end of the days We are the new crew on the block with a glock called nuestra...
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Jan 25, 20212 min read
Home(land) Ephemera ~by Amanda Ellis
red and blue striped trapos blue and white speckled ollas small latas of La Lechera and threads of stringy queso Oaxaca raw brown...
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Oct 19, 20201 min read
Ninguna más (from Mortal, by Christian Ek)
Thousands of women’s spirits cannot rest until peace come to Juarez. They haunt the maquiladoras, a death-trap industry perpetuating the...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Untitled (from Mortal, by Christian Ek)
We are at a stand still As bullets miss their target and scatter across the innocent. Another casualty of street wars. Years have gone by...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Be the Change (from Mortal, by Christian Ek)
I believe we can change the system if we change ourselves. Consumption overload, Our planet is non-renewable. We are swimming in plastic...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Untitled (from Mortal, by Christian Ek)
It’s all a masquerade parade; false faces under false democratic rulership. We are the awakened ones who are not blind, we see there are...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
A History of Perseverance (from Mortal, by Christian Ek)
These feelings that I harbor inside are like wild horses that cannot be tamed. The desire to roam freely and at the same time have a...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Oink Oink Piggy ~by Jordan Franco
1 Surely this was the land of great deeds. The land where fire busted people showered in jewels and power. Or was this the land of...
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Jul 6, 20202 min read
The Beauty of Us/ ¡La belleza de nosotr@s!/ Zecrota nan denon! ~by Laura Curiel
The beauty of us! We all stand tall different height, color skin, culture, and last names but united through our beautiful language....
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
El Graduado ~by Christian Ek
Liberated minds have helped me put the pieces together. I know my position in life, I know where I stand, on stolen land. My identity is...
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
Cuando era joven ~by José Cruz
Cuando era joven, My mother would give me besitos, Tuck me into bed, Give me my merienda, Leche y pan dulce. My father would tell me...
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Jun 17, 20201 min read
¿De aquí o de allá? ~by Esther Cortez
¿De aquí o de allá? ¿De allá o de aquí? Mamá de Oaxaca Papá de Michoacán Yo de aquí Con color de allá. Allá soy de aquí Aquí soy de allá...
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Jun 17, 20201 min read
Águila Mexicana ~by Nancy Bogna-Vega
Son sueños Son sólo momentos pequeños Pero los grandes deseos En mi corazón vivirán por todos mis años El fresco olor de mi tierra mojada...
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Jun 17, 20201 min read
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