External Signs of Wealth
“Though he was bigger than me in every way, I could feel him making himself small and vulnerable.”
Category: Issue 13
Atrás quedó la frontera
“Los que trabajábamos en el campo y no nos apendejamos, pudimos arreglar papeles. Ese mismo año llegué aquí, a la tierra de Murrieta.”
Un café sin lluvia
Me mudé sola, /
sin un maldito centavo, /
pero con el alma llena /
de algo que se parecía /
mucho a la fe. /
The Pretender
“She pushed her fist into the air and snatched Jeison’s megaphone from his hand, putting it close to her lips. “Mataron a Daniel! El estado mató a Daniel!”
Mexican Ted Williams
“The Mexicans were there for Ted. They are his family. Ted Williams is Mexican? Yes, Ted Williams is Mexican.”
3 Poems
as hiding the wise force of Ayao, /
the divine and fierce spirit of air and wind, /
who lives in the ceiba forest, a warrior like mami. /
Book Review of Martinez, Melani. The Molino: A Memoir
“Despite this profound sense of loss, The Molino is equally a story of return and rediscovery.”
Ave María & El Credo de los Apóstoles
creo en la flor de loroco, /
que es vida, /
que se convierte en carne. //
Beto’s Cadence
“While the other recruits broke, Beto thrived, never cracked. Not when the drill sergeants were screaming two inches from his face with the smell of Egg McMuffin and coffee still on their breath.”
Colombia
I can see a prisoner kneeling /
in front of his captors /
like Mary Magdalene /
witnessing Christ. /