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“Whatever Happened to the Coffee Love Guy?”
by Guillermo Corona Faces in the crowd cast in shadow. Lone light shining upon an open mic. Nerves gathered, sweat glistening on anxious brow– we come together not to bury, but to praise this noble art. Tea-stained pages, rimmed with coffee mark the passage of time from home cook meals to library meeting rooms to Continue reading
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Unspoken Goodbyes
Describe the last difficult “goodbye” you said. It’s 2018 and I am lying on the living room couch listening to my son and nephew playing on the Xbox in my bedroom. It’s a hot South Texas day in August and my only thoughts are getting as much rest as possible after the tumultuous Summer Reading Continue reading
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Revisions
Getting back into the groove of things isn’t easy. Especially after taking a long hiatus. A hiatus that I figured would last indefinitely. Last Thursday, I participated in the Latine Heritage Month reading at the library. Yes, that library. The one I used to work at. And two weeks before that, I participated at an Continue reading
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Dear Moisés,
You once told me about the cactus you kept in the bed of your truck. How’d you drive, parading it through the city. You told me people would give you looks. Maybe even a quizzical lift of the brow. I wish I saved those emails so that I can paint a better picture – the Continue reading
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“if i could see your face once more”
You learn something when your estranged father passes. It’s like losing sight of something from your peripheral – you understand that something is missing in your field of vision, but you can’t place just what it is. And the more you look around, the more you realize its absence. The more you begin to comprehend Continue reading
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“boxed in and labeled”
New Introduction I made a conscious decision scheduling this post for the tail-end of Pride Month. For starters, today is Pride Day. It just seemed appropriate for the post. I chose today because it feels that everyone makes the bigger deal at the beginning of June. That’s when we see the most corporate marketing for Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 