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Texas Observer » Stock-market selloff may mean another 20% drop for S&P 500, says Wall Street veteran Crypto adoption: How FDIC insurance could bring Bitcoin to the masses SWAT surrounds Jacksonville house, man taken into custody for questioning in connection with homicide: police Four times last weekend, gunmen approached people near Wrigley Field, forced them into cars and robbed them, police say
Malas Calles Mean Streets
10/21/2022 5:00:00 PMOur streets didn t need names We knew where we were Where we d been Where we were going Poetry by Fernando Esteban Flores
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Our streets didn’t need names We knew where we were Where we’d been Where we were going Poetry by Fernando Esteban Flores, from the September / October issue of Texas Observer magazine: Our streets didn t need names We knew where we were Where we d been Where we were going Poetry by Fernando Esteban Flores Close republish modal Our streets didn’t need namesWe knew where we wereWhere we’d beenWhere we were goingSet in the same stateA litany of different placessuffering the same neglectBrazos Frío City LaredoCalaveras ChipinqueChupaderas DurangoDolorosa GuadalupeNavidad TampicoBankrupt barrios bad lightingPot holes every 50 yardsNo sidewalks just gravelShaking off the alkaline dustcollected on our clothes like fine ground boneRamshackle paint peeled shacksEarth scorched down beaten& always the railroad trackssplitting the poorest among the rest of usEmpty corner lots with overzealous dandelionsBrilliant Indian blankets maroon to butteryMexican hats igniting green clover aflame for milesRazor sharp Johnson grass up to our necksWasps & yellow jackets zooming overheadMongrel dogs chasing us downAs we made for the uppermost branchesalong twisted mesquites muscling their mangled limbsPlucking wild blackberries in abandoned lots we called woodsOur teeth & t-shirts stained with their blood juiceNever less lost never more alive Read more:Texas Observer » Stock-market selloff may mean another 20% drop for S&P 500, says Wall Street veteran Crypto adoption: How FDIC insurance could bring Bitcoin to the masses SWAT surrounds Jacksonville house, man taken into custody for questioning in connection with homicide: police Four times last weekend, gunmen approached people near Wrigley Field, forced them into cars and robbed them, police say