Best Mex Poems

"Tex-Mex," en breve; 
"tejano-mexicano," 
en forma larga.

Traducción: [Translation:]

["Tex-Mex," in short; "Texan-Mexican," in long form.]

Recuento sílaba española por: [Spanish syllable count by:]

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Mound of beans and rice
Lettuce shreds with tomato
Onion, ebony
Olive rings in salsa and 
Guacamole; sour cream top;
Tex-mex mound,
Feast!
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attacking with achiote
burns with botanas
challenging us with chalupas
deluge of dulce
elotes by the ear
frightening flan
gouged with guacamole
heaping on the hongas
isla isolation 
jugo huge jagged jugs 
KKKKKKKKKK
langosta lunges
monumental mezcal
no count nopalitas 
organized ostion
pummeling pepino
quivering quesadillas
rebelling relleno
sandia sword fights
tortured tamales
uvas uprising
venting vedura
war of the no "W" words
xnipec xanadu
yerbabuena...

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Wandering the maze of sanity
has now become a harsh challenge
to the psyche as insanity fuels
itself with echoing bigotry 
soaring like starving hawks
while vultures are daily treated
to sights of warm human appetizers
laying out on blood-stained turf tables.

If only lives could be as treasured
and as recyclable as...

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