Number 709

674?! Number 674. I’m number 709. This is going to take a while. Diversity is beautiful. I see people from Mexico, India, England and the Middle East. We all want the same thing . People are here alone, with their best friends, lovers and then those who are alone. Like me.  Although we are all […]

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Diana: A Tragic Comedy 

Soy la niña de la calle frijol – piel morena – nopal en la frente y patas de Michoacán.  Mis pies corrieron sobre el cerro! y yo todo el tiempo preguntando “y porque nos escondemos?”   Mi mama dijo – “emos llegado a la tierra de leche y miel,” – nunca sabia que las abejas […]

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Just 28

As I part my hair, I see another. That silver thread peaking out of my scalp, “number 9!” I say; as I count the gray hairs in my head. Perhaps I’ll be a silver fox giving my already stand off look more edge?  I sit and reflect on my accomplishments. I reflect on my failures, […]

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