Sus Manos By Verónica Chávez Edited Rafael Chávez Mx This letter was submitted as a part of the application process to colleges for admission Fall 2009 by Veronica Chávez. She was accepted to several colleges and currently attends school at U.C. Santa Cruz. When I was a little girl I vividly recall waking up...
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OMG by Rafael Chávez Mx The first time I saw God, él todo poderoso, I must have been about three years old. Mi familia and I always attended church every Sunday without fail. Siempre como todo mexicano de rodillas, standing, praying, kneeling some more, singing aleluyas and vaya con dios, y vaya que aburrimiento....
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Let Me Say by Rafael Chávez Mx *For those who support the Arizonian mentality and the born again neo-Nazi idiocy in the Americas, it is too late to have your way because history has been made cyclically perpetual for the gente will keep coming in hordes, coming, coming and coming for we travel the...
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‘Chuche’ por Rafael Chávez Mx – pensador mexicano (An excerpt from the forthcoming novel, “Barrio Fuerte.”) Decía que decía que tata Dios ya lo había olvidado. Don Chuche Magallón tenía más o menos de 100 años, quitale o ponle cinco. Hacían varias decenas de años que sus hijos habían perdido la cuenta de su...
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Love In My Rearview by Rafael Chávez Mx Again I fell in love Again At a red light traffic stopped I discovered myself once more alive Again Day dreaming as I gazed through the rearview Caught hopelessly in a sigh Thoughts of you pulled up from the past As the sun set over the...
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Frijol Burrito, Disco Lunch, and a Petrified Torta Mexicanization of America By R. Chávez The other day while rematiando I came across a thermos. It was metal, plaid red and wide mouth especially made for tacos. Just holding it transported me to a finer and simpler place in time. The year was 1979, I...
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Dreaming of a White Christmas I first learned about Christmas and Santa Claus about the time I made it to kindergarten. Chingado, now that I think about it, I picked up all my American holiday knowledge from my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. De Leon; Halloween, el pansón de Santo Clos, y el pinche egg...
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EL BANDIDO VIVE, LA REVOLUCION SIGUE Recordando al compa Oscar Gomez I am I am what I am. That, that is, is. No more, no less. I’m a being, who’s being… is cool. Cool? ¡Chingon! I’m not ill and wish no ill… It’s my will, that will to please… and ease the pain. Not here for gain…...
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The GREAT Recession (read below) By P.R. Ancho Just Great We give money a divine role in our society, like as if it appeared mystically from the heavens. IN GOD WE TRUST, we trust he will provide more of this holy paper that is currently disappearing. We hear the news constantly pandering about the...
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