Tortilla Bones
He has true tortilla bones
someone once said
strength structured
con maíz del bueno
puro calcio
por eso aguanta tanto
Yes, his face Olmec, eyes
maybe Mayan, moorish
memories and a tinge of white
from Spanish ancestros.
A conquistador stance
como espiga de trigo
chocolate con leche
and a hazel gaze.
Spirals of time flowing
through each vein like
sweet and salt water
merging once they
reach the ocean: what
boundaries can be drawn?
Blood knows no borders
streams in renewal
every moment.
Pain hides in cells
that don't flake off.
Every cell quiet
in its transformation.
Claire Joysmith
from DIALOGO
Center for Latino research, DePaul University, Chicago
vol. 17, num. 2 fall 2014: 182.
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