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National Hispanic Heritage Month
(in the USA, E.E.U.U.)
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It is
Spanish-American
Heritage Month
Smartly set
From mid-September
To mid-October
I probably should not
Off a tribute
With my schoolroom
Spanish
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Colors
Movement
Music
Dance
These are what we know
The heart
The heritage
We must learn
The Anglos
And the rest
All our lives
Would be so much better
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We need them here,
The Latinx
I don’t know what this
Says about
Borders
Except that they
Be porous
As I once experienced
When living in
California
Chula Vista
And took the bus
For fifty cents
To Mexico
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And drove into
The northern countryside
Toward Tecate
On other occasions
Buying tile for work
And bread
Dosed with sugar
Bread of many colors
That had to be eaten
In the day
After purchase from
The panadería
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And in the town
South of mine
Where I live now
Stores with Spanish signs
Because it’s where
The migrant
Workers and their families
Shop
And there are signs
For churches,
Too
A life I am not close to
Though in its own
In their own
It is full
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I think I might
Be welcomed
Should I walk inside
Even with
My schoolroom Spanish
Pero
No sé exactamente
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C L Couch
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Snapped this photo of my cousin while hiking in Colorado.
Photo by Sarah Cervantes on Unsplash
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