Short Aztec Poems

Aztec Empire

grandeur and splendor,
a great civilization -
conquistadores...

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ancient Aztec communication mask
with her brilliant fluorescent lines
comes alive in the deepest recesses of the caves
unseen by humans
revered by spirits of the otherworld
mysticism is afoot...

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'Maria's Canto' 


 You bestir me, Aztec Princess 
 Awakening me from slumbers forsaken 
 Taking me on the path to your Caribbean haven 
 To my existence you grant sense. 

 Your mind is keen, shown by a sharp intelligence 
 On your countenance, your honey skin a godly sheen 
 In all you've been, as woman and goddess 
 Heaven and Earth will you rule as queen, but to me 

 To me you are the premiere enchantress....

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Crumble
brothels sprout
flesh peddlers collect their fees
selling daughters
in twos and threes
Lopez or Diaz
lazy or defiant
escaped
in polluted lagoons
the virus spreads

Dancing with the dead
priests absolve the devils
in their mist
Pilar sold her virginity
for a few bars of gold
wrapped in an old ladies hatred
she murdered her vows

Mexico is a land of smiles
the knife only glints
in the Aztec sun
as they bury you
after eating your heart...

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Something deeply troubles the sun God king, 

whispers in the wind have come to him in warning, 

an ominous dawn approaches, of someone or some thing. 



Who would have thought the wings of change would so soon send, 

the golden era of Aztec rule 

to such a sad and terrible end, 



after so much time....the soul of the earth is on the mend, 

voices long gone are calling out to us to remember, 

but they're not much more then whispers in the wind....

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