https://digital.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/files/original/45f11522a00936479a720c6a2fc35e11.pdf 69a2c678714ac802688c54152882d479 PDF Text Text ヽ ‐ ��UNIverses a by AnthonY Morales Edited bY Lisa Hsu A Couaeat Prrb].ication Cover photo bY Yaqub ProweJ')' ��Table Of CO聖 基≦≧≧塁旦 Introduction, bY Yagub Prowel-L Searching for what was in mY face Don Jlbaro Logo Pancy "No rnatter how much loot I qet"'" Rest my dear citY One two three in the morning The Weed Encounter AnniversarY Blues Poem on a bar naPkin tost #5 Bus Love Teacher Please Teach Me 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 �Snerica' s Online (Vergion litilleniun) Junkie's Reality (inspired by Flaco y Miky Pirlero) Ode to the Hunts Point Hookers )a Quien SoY Yo 37 Acknowledgeloents 40 2 31 2( �poets Like the qucstions that Rhythn is thc key word hcre' and thc do I obtaj.n it? vlhere do I frnc are' "Hox ti;elves author of this volume asL do I transPosc it with written exPEession?" ;;;--;", this young rnan folJ'ows Thus it transpirei ttrat ttre style of writing the essence of tre denote that a struglle to-u*ptt"" the rhyth'ns of life - in this case' walk "..rg."--itoi iroraiiay tfr.t p.t"rob,:Iate ttre Poets aPPficable Lrliters countless of continurm a on founa the Bronx' This Poet's stap"'"tt Toni Morrison' Piri Ttromas ' Anlri Baraka' who cane before - n.rpu Jiii"o"' rn the l{illie perdomo - iust to name a few' that Pablo Neruda, The Last ;;;";rs a face what- is in his face' tradition of these eraer-"-ie "c"rches for a for sealches He eig wirly the dearer' one with that of por, ,riu.io-"il that couple the of "young Dassion that encorpas"."- "t'l- is enconipassed by that Poi:r: the lonerv men ne.eotiat:ne with the3 Hunts .; ;;;T;-;1..t", il;:;-.";' Marca1 3 by a ot' t''-btr his and a love Poem Hookers, the ba! iropp"t iiiii"g whose by him' and the oLd Puerto Rican manway f.af-"itti"g the fine -Jfor Napkin rn the and i"'Jrt]tiot' ' His observations truth is told j.n ti,e cJitl"people the of and a Decorajngr which his words refleJi Uott' a depiction Siddhartha' young ulban very a portrayed liken hirn to to musically syncoPate the This volume contains a young poet's struggle fo' an create to 11"" Bronx streets which he calls home' the interval€ -effective -1t-t-:l"Ot cons-crousness between his the one called Te!j-. and to count off themes within a familiar debaEes internally and his passion as ire duality' s et f-emPowerment philosophicaL context --- "t'pt iti titf''iy' ' economic Eactfu]1y author The exploitation' revotution' leLigion, addiction, Love. ji;; the Junkie' the Hooker' and the Ghetto itself' of in th" song finds the 3 �newest melody of the conflicc he Hc kecps his ninct oPen in order to hear the of the dialectics within those whc secs evcryday. xe consi]te"ily t"tt" note cmbodied by the figule ironically and run a hard lifc, thcir antithlsis often of his people ' In his the congucst of remnant .i- ,1"""- it*i"t, . t"rigious this tinted light on a different man sheds young depiction of these "at'l!t"", uPon the Poet and the ot ineuirii alrowins his r€ader to saze ;i:- ";;;; irr" *ty th;t simurtaneously embraces and shattels Ehe ;.a;"*i;;it.tior"' stereotlryes of urban Anerica ' thc hono! of introducing to I Possess furthe! --;;;;"":ado' ntl-l:i^r'"T-1"!,1'-:..t:: o;';' you a talent birthcd :;:":,,::I"":: -the war,L or Lne \-r11 uavr,e !'v---projecls", Hence reader, witiiut train greetinq its comutels in the South Bronx - Anthony Morales' Yaqub P!oweIl May 1998 �scalctdtrg fo= rhrt ras j.n ry face in C&C territory Thc writcr hunts for bis pley an idea for a poem On his way Ant-boogie hits the stleets searching for a thought He lralks thlough the concrete suburb and first comes to a bodega that smells fulL of old ideas Maybe an ice cold Malta will be the remedy Ant goes to thc back of the bodega peruses the ALpo and Goya product aisle to find his salvation but lrhen he cracks open the chest he discovers no Malta Goya or Vitarroz that would stimulate his rr.ind Even more frustlated he starts to walk forever it seems towards his abuelita's house he passes by sinilar stleet colnels and hears ]a mtsica deL Blonx Iively saLsa and merengire beats being blasted from ta Mega mixed with the hardest hip hop from Hot 97 fused with the classic souL of Kiss all of which can't compete wiEh Ehe guiet husrfer's prece that Big Willies kick in a fiend's ear on every corne-! What' chu Lrant kid Blue caps red caps Just as sclid as my naps Nicke1 Dime Gualanteed to mess you up in t).me Snow b I oi.J What you wanna know Yeah I got some crack Five-O coRir' betca watch yo' back By now a.l-l Ant wants is �his abuclita's arroz con gandules not these hoes offelinq things that even Big AJrt lrants to reject for prices he can't lefuse He recognizes the stringY one in the Pom-Pom shorts and dirty haltser toP she was in his homeroont Her eyes ca!!Y a lot of luggage and nany geal sod^Eu rrf9'rg' Damn Ant says as he hears the rattle of the #2 train above him where are the gardens of 'fohn Adams He reaches abuelita' s Projects for his arloz con gandules In the lobby the jibaro's eYes cal] him to hear his lamentos His eyes contain Ehe sadness of a whiPPed dog and his i.Eir&Ied skin ard ttrick firgers reveal manY days en e1 camPo 6 Jibalo grunbles some SPanish unknown to lIl! Tt sabe guien es Albizu CanPos ' libertad o Muerte Am6rica es un gruPo de maricones viva Puerto Rico Y la revoluci6n It shakes Art because !inaIIy the tluth had been told IIa F:lra. rri. r-,:u ,!n the stalls ard doesn't stoP to notice the custo[rBr]'es ?he hieroglyphics on the r'rall the pi.Ie of UUy c" G on the f floor tE ]rq-rng c+]e tlat trE](es o.Jt crt tlE 56 fl@! (he heard she's due soon) The burnt hallway of the 6'h floor and now finally the sweet smell of the r)-ce and Peas quretLy sitting in the Pot and the j ourney for the idea is over The poem wrote its eL f �Don Jibalo The brown soul of the island slavas cn e1 ca4>o day afte! day sunrise to sunsct he tends to the field making iE his life His pain is shown by thc 9 platano fingers of his soft lock hands and the rlvers calved along his face providing channels for the bodi.es of sHeat He ncver washes away thc stain and the Pain of the past 506 years on his spalse attire tligueio sk.in and tattered soul Soy j lbaro Soy Puerto Rico en coraz6n Y alma y tu tambi6n te siJerrtly gxults to his j.rwjsi-b1e jjbaritD sdl because he wears his stain Proudl-!' Looking at the box upon the box with sullen eyes he watches highlights of the 2"d sunday in June pondering the diffelence fron 18 68 seeing the blind inteLligence unchanneled emotion and unjus! satisfaction of the 2 trl.illion portogringos Lets him know that it's cime contra ignorance contra assirdlation conEra prop 187 contla english only contra AneliKKKa Don Jibaro peers into the red-anber sunset of eI jibarito eyes in eI Bronx and tells him silentfy E! segudo glito es necesario ahora para salvar Ia gence puertorligueia y tu tambi6n �Lr tutur. Gttl .n tu. Ernot siJo Alt.! bl'! Dttlg. b !t E !t hf, q,fi,r!.tY aI( lodd'q cbrt labeler hoPc eichrlcr h!. f.rt gr.bt hlr Erchct. lar rDd rsrltr 8 �Ipgo E ne? (fo! tbc Drterialistic oncs ) l.ty nrcd to look Jiggy is unqucstioned Tomy tlill Nautica Gianni versace and Donna xarcn all knol, lty namc My style is siryle Rugby (collar up of coulse) ny carpentcr j cans and the construction Titns The outcr gcar aPParel is strictly North Face for the sub-zcro New York nights sulc I gotta pay a hundlcd o! molc for a shirt but so what? Yeah I know Mom Dukcs is on welfarc and my baby nceds diaPers so what she'I1 pull thlough like shc a.Iways has so what if I gots no fifc? I didn't cve! go to school to learn anyway tlhen I roLl uP in the Party �ev.!y chick is uP oD lt As soon as thosa glccnish eyes of a hon.y-dip secs ?o@y Hil,figcr cEblazoned across my bony chcat all ls folgottcn about ny aPPcaEance Iloney slowly apploachcs switching hcr PoIo hlps and showing that f1y NautLca chest and I flash rnv decked out superflcial snile lliss bcttcr come colrcct I wants a girl with DK and Dicsel and thc bigger thc patch that RalPh Laurcn puts on hcr ass thc morc it looks applc shaped our mltching Polo sport flagrances clash and out lips alc togethe! in unsubstantiated happinGss Uh-oh lrhat th. deal with money in thc Avirex lcathe! that shit nust have cost 150 bones it' s on I said to myself as I slowly followcd hin on hj.s way to see his mothcr at the old folks' 10 home �Fron bGhind the ca! I Jurycd out and said e-yo Eimc yo' shit I t ant tttc lcath'! oh you got a link too Eiutc it Can you bcllevc that hc tried to run? SoDctbiDg in t[C just snaPPed grabb.d nY Piecc in BY Pents and I ncased uP:oY nci, jackct r{ith a bullct in ihc lecX of the chief's head Euck it I sold the holy leathc! to buy a new Pai! of jordans NoH thcm cats-both the fcllaz and ladiez in school wiU be uP on it with my new shinY bloodY kicks and th] real crulified Jcsus piece across my neck 11. �trNo toatte! hor Br:dr 1oot I Eet I,t! staying in ttrc projects folevc!,, Havoc of Mobb Deep osurvival of the Fittest" lnrgine that a brothe! could makc $100 Gs a year (at l.ast) push a bccmer and come home to the love1y coDclcte gardens of CLason Point and live under the authority of Ncrr York city ltoEing is that this mentality is a false philosophy A.5 soon as this cat makes his rap and gets the contract I'd like to sec him looking at his Rolex 24R goLd shining in the light while Eiding the *2 train back to his decked out crib Thc reality r2 in t}Ic oqperirEntal sr:bsidized houslng Els ne!, S180 Air FoarPosite Pemy sneaks sure feel good those clean soles stepping on a sanitized blood and piss floor His ncw 5350 Avirex leathe! jasket sure looks good lrhen contlasted rrith the cirlL IletalLic shine of a tagged rP e.Le\/ato! -rrre urisp scrr.srd o! cire cerrjalu.us r**...i*,y in his pocket sure sounds good over the cracklttg fi-re irl the ga:irage can The glitter of his oakleys under an oranga hue streetLight strikes the needing eyes of his boys on the corner That the deal papa what's up with ou! demo I thought you was gonna put us on You loi]cer r€ represent and keep it real, my nigga �sonchow hc wants to hGlP lrhile forgetting his childhood of food starps public transPortation ling in his cars with disPlaced relalives Rcalness starts to run run scared but thc Hords of his lawyer f lott staten Island Now lookce here we're gonna make You scttE cres!tr You not ]rEUr Iltr3 dr t]c coEtel L&! no ciJclllgtances can ]'ou bcfP thsn Along wlth Your Promisc and aParunents overclowded runnj,ng scared and confused while ;eciting his hardrock rhYmes over his oxYmoron life to stay in thc Projccts forevcr ncrr you m.rst l€3Eda! that ltou tlBke r6tey icu aE bdtlr t}):n ttDse 6ldeE dr tlE @rEr A.I!ight toy nigge! so he rralks array strolls Past his 2 gradc houde whose definition in life is that hc knows a lapstar and ignores the Pleas of his gill for rroney for lhe diaPers of his son Mr FeaLness Erblaces the fake sec1]lity of the whilc rrorld of dol1ar biUs Lexuses and exucutive offices 13 �Rest t!}t dear city Before the norning dew wilL settle upon the front LaHas of the Projects Thc city that nevcr sleePs needs to wind dor.rn The old men in thc bodega nrr] I all.twTl thc aates of plotection colored by tags while hcaring the sgueaking crying and comPlaining of the local lat residents The pairs of New Balanccs and Reebok cf ass i cs Ereaks come out at. night- this night malked by the orange hue streetlight blood lcd ltLite bluc police qa! silen rays fi.re and sun bulbs of the rnterno a1l nrirrored in the flowinq Pool collected next to Paco and the hol"e in his head -a bad drug deal, gone wlong Shiny ,,exus ES 3OO's and Benzo's hanging from the lines of comunication sway in the Hindy lecesses and twirl around each other wiih the posh execut.ive ownels cruise Ehe EDR along with the dusty Impala's and do1lar cabs making their overnlght getaway flom these irtsomniac streets The women line up heow and bark vrith freedom pointing to the life of the tor.{n 14 along the Point to hustlc thcir chocha and teta merchandise for ncgotiable Pri ces for the loneIy rnen whose wives are doing lhe sane Stray cats and dogs �and stroll thc night of thc sidewalks in thc shadoH3 so thcir olPhaned or.ners and the ASPCA won't crash thcir Party in thc aLlcys A loncly front page of thc Daily News flies across thc stlcct like tbc spirits of the obituarics whosc tine passed ard ilrr, irto tha orshion of thc conclete The hurn of the underground 6 lrain Lcts those arrakc know the city has had its sleeP but it t,as only a quick naP bccause here comcs the punk tax collcctor to cop Jesus Pendants ].oot and I Love NY sweatels 15 �Splish Splash the pain in their eyes is no longe! about the water gr.rn fight they lost and as they sip the Henny to drink it a1l away I hear Marvin Gaye sing about how ooh d:.iLd ttrirgs ain' t gonna get easier l.take a dive into on the next ripple One two tlrree in the aornirrg Dalkness is broken by orange stleetlights reflected in the pool of 40 oz memolies fizzLnq and bubbling like fresh urine in a toilet and look at one wave The wail of the cPR having police rushes to the Pox 5 news scene as a mother' s cry crescendoes in a lamento Bolincano bolero I flash glances at the baby men standing in the crowd awaiting their turn 'round the chalk mark 15 a oi!1 sits alone on a park bench leliving a mental chess match how the black queen was checlsrated by the king He! tears rivering streaks of Revlon down her ashy please don't ask me cheeks She tries Eo measule her sadness agalrtst the dead neon green ]ightbulb clouds but can not The cool sheet on a sunmer night wind rocks her back to that time when �sh. was thc only boo Ln his l1fe ad turth to a GfiEIIIlE bt I €l lotE 1rr bel*er Bcnt!1ity Tragcdy lroD't cotne shc lasofvcs Hith hc! inhalations naking olang. chclly stEectlights Thc 24 hour strect pharmrcy is opcn for business trallcd ny peoplc So now doing a dead man's float fui a tributaly swig of St Ides on the floor rEdeEteath the everl€tdlleul stoic stleetlight I j urp out of despair gaspin' for rny turn to roII c lo for the ghctto cvs don't makc this tlPe of cash flov, Bop n cop niggas know snow n blow the time red cap on thc blue cap ba* on the 2 of breath BIad( MilG got his r.:ig FsH fo! frontin he carnc short be the moEto for life of the wannabc pitlps pushels and playas 1l �'lltre tlced A solitarfr rced stan& ljr a &scrtcd land waiting for a neighbor too nuch broken glass too much galbage too much Ncw York Icaves hiB alone 50 lolre.ly r. r.e hc watches flom his cornc! tlro youths kissing passionsatelY deeplY sad he could not be the girl's hand toucbing the rose caressing the velvcty lose Nobody knows the trouble he' s seen Nobody goes co this dilaPidatcd scene 18 llis grcen skinnY bodY srays to and fro in a foul south Bronx wind mixed with desPerate exhalations boodah smoke fricd brain cells and life can't get wolse and the source of his anger isn't the dog Piss that sPlashes on him one more trme or the junkie' s nervous stomP in his I'd smoke rny own dick if it could give me lhe fix two steP one day Mother Natule answered those playeEs and seeds got PLanted inplanted Lras hoPe But nah hell nah wouLd they survive his conversation was deadLy �so d.ath fricnd.ly hc becane thosc scQds wi'thelcd died and guietly dissolved into the tonb-likc soil lrhcla undelneath so EanY souls havc btock ParEies for the new visitor The vreed's last victi-Er was the rose he sought to be touched as they moved toward each other They rli sgoveled they trere of the sarE roots sane walk o! Iife she puckered he! Petals and gave him the kiss from the lose He hel,d hcr in hj's alms and s creamed so loud so loud so loud only no one heard hirn ! Now the weed stands reliving the plot in his lot of deach playing solitaire wich clacked glass sPades fake gold Pfated diamonds ultra violent billY clubs and one コust on kェ ng of hrs deadly healt Kisseg neve! grow they only kil,l Your sPirit here The rosc feI1 over and its petals uent flaccid Iooking down at the weed's roots 19 �Encourrta! ADniveEsary Blues Hey you sholty tlpc of a woman glowin' like a din light bulb floatin' on the air looki.n' like lcvitation o! maybe it's eLevation to heaven rrhen you xalk .Uay I tall( Eo you for just a couple of hours softly devouling and nibbling on your perception of me and then nr.ine of you but there' s no Deed to guestion the authority on the notion that you are the beauty lotion drop that is motj.on beyond the waves lipples and shill[ner of the ocean 20 beyond the vrhip appeaL potion somc can say you have on me beyond the iragination of rore lIEtaphols that attempt to define your existence You moistulize me in a suave way to say you complete me wouJ.d be an understatement because 2 halves rnake a whole and I'm more than that man would kick that false rap to you who is a whole Iot of lroman so you see mathematically we overcomPensate each other But emotional nurbers don't always equal a relationship equacion �Our convcrsation is only in its filst hour .nd f already thc land that is called EAkc-bclirve daydrcatn us rcaidj.ng in But it can be conceivcd s1lcnt and tnootb fc.lin' ltkc nlght turnLn' to day and day back to night ahd night to dly and day to night atrd then right there ne'Il ask rhetolical. questions like what tlpc of light shincd upon us to be hele whcrcver 1t is whcncvcr i! i3 9le both know it was love justicc caring about just us and thcn we'Il laugh and end 1t with a kl'ss 2t �Po6 on . b.t n Phin llhy rlc You butta Pccan Petitc wastin' Your breath on this cat who' s teekin' du.urb deaf and blind to what You reallY necd .nba <r.rFatbeads that f or3 on my undelams show as crcscent shaPed scas of ruy shaare from rny lack of gamc Damn I think homcboY's larne to come at You with that oDe two hey boo line You with You so fine and You a dime 22 I see the real you that's cookin' J.ike pollo guisa'o stew The tlue uonan I seek would sEep lrgm tnLs duqie whose gane is doo doo The do You rock ■s lnvュ tin′ but I'm fightin' thru the grease He could at ]cast offer you a drink hold up he owns is that cent pseudo gold-Plat.d J.sus link how could I even think he would do somelhing othcr than ０ Ｓ give You mY timc ■ike you arc my muse that fuses the Pen and the PaPer 工'■ ■ Pussy ｔ ｌ ｕ ■ ５ ａ ２ Ｂ flattelin' You parsonify a poem that's Puttin' You on a Pedestal and preaches to your PersonalitY and not your �raducc lnd scducc whilc I'n ju3t tryin' to inducc and Ploduc' ad.lc that ccs frdr t}l' helrt si.riljistl'c tlr staltin' light now I'I1 look at You and nayb. beby approach You attcrrptin' to not boast to You aboui your qualitics that swallow urc At thc sam! tiloc I'n cli$in' th. heights of this 3 bY 3 marcal naPkin runnin' out of sPace fo! nY try to gct You at mY Place so I'11 sIiP this iD Your bag dorn around Your saist My name is Ant I hope this wasn't a waste Plcase lct me know My nunber is 71E 893 4510 23 �L08t15 Bus Love Future essences of love captured !try sight of the #5 bus I see the project plj.ncess step on to the scene with he! blonze wavy hai! and crystal spalklin' eyes Deer into mv fantasv we slowly approach cach other through furtive intentional glances carryin' ou! young and unfillcd lives together to the schoolyard I see mys eIf ruuin' up to her tEart F.!IpjI' ard nen es d!!Llin' to the bcoe Hey you girl l like you you like me Baby gi!1 sayin' 24 ycah I like you boyfriend givin' De that accepted feeling of puppy love in motion while holdin' my hand dancin' a hop skip and j urnp to the rhyttun of the double flutte! heartbeat happiness takin' us to that dream house she' s the moruny I'm che daddy pullin' into the driveway cookin' me that dinne! then lre listenin' to each other's sighs and laments about our Parents they just don' t understand l,aughin' and l"ovin' movin' our bodies co movie scenes we seell over some firepLaces cracklin' and popprn' �ale our dlcans goin' up in that 3Bok. GoDC in thc south Bronx wind tc llsrrin' tn!o.$r ciE shfuy A::.a ri$to*rca just passin' by dark surroundings bccausa we in lovc we arc beautiful Pray for our seguel Ain't no matte! we'II always havc ou! atoELica] transpoltation a ffai r tomorrow I hop. he! inner sunshinc lightin' up life now it's all Eood But whiLe splintin' thlough those tncadows she coEes to a stoP and the end of Ey adventurous heart Baby baby pl.asc don't Press stoP and go I wasn't done with my daydrcam love for you just eve! We=she-BC startin' to cry over our one moment in tiDe together 25 �Ecach€r Please Teach Me Tiny tots Lrith their eYes all aglow don't cven know about the Lack of time care and money sPent by the city Thc situation is gritty shitty kinda like the sPit You see on the ground AJ.l alound EbeY gaEner sittin' on the dull cold floo! askin' Miss Rachcl l.lis s Rachcl will you read us a story? Alright boYs and girls Little said "...ana chicken the sky j.s fal].in' the sky is fallin"' But this ain't no fable The paint chips asbestOS and non― accreditatiOn are ca■ ■in′ 26 fron the South B=onx to chェ town from East St. Louis to LaWrence This warrants a grito louder than the gavef knockin' flom East St. Louis to Lalrlence Th■ s warrants a grit。 l:ll:::Fぃ ,h31^iり :̲7avil´ ■n ー レ h′ 1963 ■S nOW dead BrOwn vs. BOard of Ed. sorry to say but an ofay they'■ ■ be okay attitude aェ n′ t exact■ y prOducin′ braェ n food The mood becomes rude str=ppin′ kェ ds to nude p■ ctures of inte■ lect sO that they can′ t detect the defects critical re flecti on creatin' connections between tshe 3r' s �bccotocs crlzy hrrd whcn You got a ttc(rative Hcadstalt Beinq smart don't got nothing to do with it Whcn a 3Pirit becones detachcd from a body ccrlailr things start to haPPcn slang fl.PPin' cun cIaPPin' women slapPin' mentality snaPPin' pcople who we ca}} Iowlifca are Ploducts of this system it.i ip"ti" molc on them in jail than in school Shit' s not cool when your homeroom is the bathroom ifh.n kids fight it' s fo! space to brcathe and conceivc and not gricve ifr"t tn.y lratch more TV than they lead supposedfy we are Dlantin' the secds s leadcrs tor tornorrow' But we are j.nbreeding a vicious cycle of dePendencY on AEDC and wlc The air is as thick as uscd tires and when You search fo! the look of desile in a child's eyes all you san do is sigh and wonder whY this is hapPcnin' in Anerica sta1l or hall o! dvm slim Is ilre budget thatjust Plain din or our govtrnment as opposed to bright う４ �lmrica't onlina (velsion Miucnir8) Anelica's online for tbis new nilleni.um of rrars radiation nuclea! destluction ghetto rcconst!uction thcre's a certain tlPe of abduction of souls from the leduction of welfare what's fair comes in terns of nu:nbers while the Prez Practices inflation tt4)e inhal-ations of his lungs causin' me persPiration cuz I'm livin' j,n a fast Paced nation in between tlLinority frustlation and Anglo donination hearin' black rnen's lamentations and white men' s exhalations of fear and it's a1l here in the Rythic mcltin' pot where my rice gets cooked in a (Linute .rd dtrEr is senrd as a rD fElIIs mlclcr^Eve EEal Ghetto tested nobody's aPProved the covert use of narcotics on avenues streets and boulevards where it's become kinda hald to see what is really a Porty Reecan o! a Mexican or a Cuban or a bLack man o! woman o! a EIan cod damn f thought I l,as Amer I can But haybe not because when the block gets hot from 5-0's suspicion it's me they're wishin' did the crime There's no tijrE that could rehabilitate the damage done to mY mind internalized and ecernalized fa! a Iot of years �ｉ ｌ but you scc ヽ I can't count becausc whiLc leccivin' what thc statc ca11cd cducation the teachers did suffocation of Ey spilit and id.as By then I was introduccd to those -isms far rcre &entally handicapping than the dlug My f,uture was alrcadY dug out into the toold of Puerto Rican rnale wild as fuck don't givc a fuck Iikes to fuck and all By Iife being racisn irq)erialism colonialism forced rne to go to isolationism nBkin' tae vrant to go to the tnoon o! another planet but da8eit Ameri,ca's there too So I ask myself lrhat to do can't wait for a rainy day cuz it' s fuckin' pourin' watchin' reruns and leruns of blacks and broms on cops has becorne kinda borin' Problens probably stcm from my last name acccnt and mentality hald and grey like cement but thc jack hanrners of the -isms And I'm wonderin' where can I tuln whele it won't Look like my ski-n is burned where it won't Iook like every cop is Mark Fuh!/nan capitalism yearnin' fuckcd over by the 29 �fo! that siq)1e institution caJ,l,ed dcmoclacy Hypoclisy's bccn tIlockin' me and ny intellig.ncc Thelc's no t!T)c of rcvclcncc cuz wc live in tha tcncnents But fuck tb.t it' 3 not peEllAnent I lras heavcn scnt hclc to tarE doxn thc lrallg of conscnt that' 3 Eenufactulcd and oblitcratc those fracturcs that are thc cololizcd borders beyond thc map cousl'n you buggin' if you think dis-sclvicc is gonna stop This is thc upgrad. lrnelica' s onlinc velsion trIi].].cnium 2 yeals abcad of tine so cop this softrrale beforc your hardvralc becomcs outdated 30 �Jurtki.' t B.sIitY bE Elaco Y uiky Piiero) f i"tpi".a Son 1et mc schoo] You to the facts about Ehis crack freebase shi'E I shoot like a l,hitc boy's J all day aLl night Dy man on tshe outsidc for thc 3 the 2 the 1 It' s only fun when the homies can't lrave none and I, the ,runkie king of ttre south Bronx rcign like a bad triP suPleme ove! those other so-callcd junkies with 2 or 3 recovery Plogr.rm failures under deY belt My funky hustle bunPs up and down. the Point slarctrin with a 1OOO yard cross 3 blocks stare for ttli.S ].ittLe DqrliJri6t 16 1er old nigya with rny shit My shit Ia's just that shit that can't be exPlaineci through met a 4 o! see me lee no you can't see me giving it a warm bubble bath underneath mY trickling flame Yeah babr who's Yo daddY cornbine with thc sPirits of Ia meladona gue esta cabr6na brother solidify into a tight juieY ball of conclntrated 3OO proof fuckeduPness and here it is You! highness you enter mY vein I hold mY brain in my ashY hands Iike a sPonge and squeeze blood and thought from it I just want that dirty gutter dirty colo! dirty mothe! it' s dirty brocher there is no othe! Iove suPreme Love suPreme Get the fuck outs of rnY ndnd clean �I allcady fccl about as clcan as thc acid washed jeans Mr. Clean rrould pirE) rrit afro sheen know rrhat I mean gene mcaning la metadona gue csta cab!6na mc trae a 1a otla zona whele thc voices of junkie' s heaven dance around the niggas beinq lyndred hrho laugh at ore mdssa irer-ause ar.luge,.i.i-rr is es,lr.i-rrg if it ain't alleady hele christnas eve jingle bells mo crack sells I'm fucked up what can I say and into this mcntal gue ahora esta cabr6na Oyc ant qva pasa Pana? you must think you are a man right? 7he hai.r the nixry grixxy rct so ],letly stuff on your chest is nothing 32 Your iasignifi cant high is nothjDg You think you are t}]e jun}ie king of the Sronx Private Mora.l es you are a rrorth-less pile of Jrolseshi t tj:at .3rElls so bd tlc l,jes rqr't a,=r: .6.d< ra.th 1a-r ?tlat perso, in the IIaEor sazirg at ]qr r.dt] srpty eyes 1u: a sun.ker face ar;d a recding hair-lire is you f .rernelnber you urEftaid ard ,r,or7g reEy to dqJer the l.l2r-ld Ldt-h .j,io y.e..y >iri u But you smoked injected drank and fucked it aL7 away b you re€).ize that the draggjng ard hearrir,ess in your .brain and veins are not supposed to .be there or m)b tlBt shit (s) ias iea-r rr yqlr sgra:,',t, W for so long you don't even remetTlber .RemeIllbet shi t I'd b satid i-f yot e,st :glelber 1a:r 6-ust ki-ss who whax where when and wily vho are yoD? what are you ? �erh?.re .Ee you? why ate You th.re? vllg.n aIc u qoinE to- TcIl you to shut thc fuck uP close tllc door to thc nidlidtt of tny rElDries I don't want to know thc filst tj-trE I gave my arms a hlryoderrtic scar Discovering thc fog and dus! of my raind Hhen it tries to opcn nakes ne shut it because I arn aLlergic What kind of heavcn is this shit? My heaven lays !l batEen a bed of ccrrcEte ard llfeElo There snoke fifls the loom and ny tD.ind is f ree to exprcss my junkie's reality to the fine woman who care not for my intellect but for my glass dick they love to smoke No worries about censorshj.P this isn't a nick at nite faIrlily show Thesc people need to knor", that life ain't a drcam it' s pornographic nightmare that I've bccn jacking off to on my street where the capitalists are the Freddy Xnregers slicing my veins ir hal'f ard naking rny mi-rd fuzzy to the point of ghetto paradise Day turns to night riots of scranblilg flcrn the police and the dqrpr:s Lifc's a bitch and then you die that's vhy I gct high yoD never knov tthen Ya gonna go to the market Para esa metadona que esta cabr6na my only girl in this worLd of qutte! butter blood flow through my clean body overflow ove rthrot, ove!Load my system to the point of oh my qod danger My body' s talking my body' s talking 33 �ny body is talkinE to nc what at. u a vitqin Pussy? Sioot so&c mo of tiat shit into Yout bTood highvaY but apparently thcle j.s a traffic jam and:ry livcr and heart can't takc the pain and the strain causas me to choke on the bubbly fizz of the 40 Fox 5 tlaffic coPte! swj-rls with fLashlights ove! my skin r.,,riaa uhta atnroadtino the PoiJtt. tlrere seems to be a iwkie fyrg out in thc middle of tllc stleet I've become tshe junkie's jesfs cristo being cruficied with tubcs and scatE toxic blood plasEa through mY veins Now I vratch my life beep before my eyes beep f've comrLitted every sin known to man beep There's no turning back to Purity beep Fathe! folgive rne for I havc sinned IYs 6rdd rp to lslch, that yrr are d6est to Bin when you are about to die beep It's also a cabr6n ldErr the onLy tinE l,lJu see your loved ones is at You! funeral beeeeeeeeeaecce eeeeeee e ee e eP Nort you are mine my son �| *. to t}rt Br:trts PoiRt EooLGE3 Oh ycah oh yeah DecP and hard so dccP and hard i" tt.- grorld's oldest Profession to genitals are performed. il"iii"io"t drperdilg crr tle trid< ;;; 'r^11:r' or less "=r=y gane TonqTucs flick Iike HcY baby $,ant a date She's now sctlin of the set[i-Precious gem m.skcd bY stiletto heels spandex and Pounds of makeuP The stlut rcninds me of a mutt Lady loet the traEP and had a baby Ieft her on the sidewalk tso become a Kinda the sarnc stract corner dvreller seller of the Peach that Daddy neve! wanted to eaten seekin Mr. Right who'IL undelstand that it's a1I one elaborate PIan tshat cotrEnands no fear and the abitity to fuck and suck timc But in their velsion of the mean ass the off auctioning Pure's l,tr. eoffy for thc cash whi eh last ti} the next hand and blow Jobs are hard to cum bY Iike those decent men who insulate not forcin the folnication of the naive female sPirit stuck by invasive fingers and pimls Preachin a gosPel to know a Place You never knelr It' s not his bizness or any othe! bi znes s because the no bizness of hoes IS fo sho bi znes s Pimpin ain' t eas Y 1ir" trr.* wtrolesotrE hoes cryin and saying tshey wanna wait a while befole theY go too fas! 35 �but nclthc! is boclng Not knowinE whcthc! thc no.t tlick wl.LL be Joc Scb[oc or sone ricko so].lcltlnE razor bLadca and bubcd xilc thr nigbt bccomcs lo3t bctwccn thc hiEhs and thighs Dividcd Miss Guldcd flous through thc ncan tilc of the Polnt scarchln fo! thc point outsidc of thc joint life has b.cn Now she erosscs hcr violatcd body with the sbapc of th. crucifix wondclin 1f it's all, bccn one big sin 35 �Quicn soy Yo Yo soy the language You hear while exPeriencing a South Bronx avenue thr Language in b.tlreen a piragua and an icie la lengua jibaros use to desclibe Amcri ca Ibe eternal syllables that bounce through the cornels of your rlind sayin' everything you think bcfore you bli.nk $atch out because aqui y alIi yo estoy I be the boy sittin across from you on the 6 train listenin' to Coltrane insanely spittin' the plofane words you perceive me to be 1. But I be coastin. while others be roast.in, thelnselves to look like my rrord My word is bond is me I be NY Boricua Iearnt a lengua beyond a slmtax coDvention an invention of a nixture colonizer and colonized revitalized y internalized for my being to surprise the ignorant masses It got me guestionin' who rea1ly be che dulrlb asses so why be we in the speciaL ed classes I be the sadress en un lamento gue un viejo sings after being fired I be tired of restlictions constrictions a f f1i ctions to one diction that be ordinary diction oldinaly diction oldinary 3l �diction ordinaly can't bc but thc dlctionary the standard cause thcn I be danaged but I be ravaqcd bv confusion I be usin' soul fusion to crcatc thc i'llusion that I bc losin' but I bG winnin' gEingos orinnin' at these .-* ^ -i.ro in Lex 5 0s "a"aa "rra be causc Ibc what they }Iish they never could see But they could never bc Iivin' in mY tclritory whi ch they creatcd ffr. U"it"a States of the Ghctto oh hol" I would be chillin' 38 if I had a dime for cvery time I seen the bloody butchery of language which be me which be flowin' free into these streets which cried too many tears fo! tiberty and democracY democracY democracY dem I crah see dem mockin' me dem mockin' we iJ"ti. r"ttg'r.gc of the emPowered ;J'i"ki;' L.at tttrrt the nectars of 2 floters day our showers be gray on a sunny bonito ;;; ;; rainbowi aiter be tan where the soflito be sizzlin' that be $rhele I be what arloz con PoIIo �tut. llL thrt bG rtrrt I b. hor cold bul,lctr lltc thru th. .it th.t bG how I be wbcn le dtLc. d.f B.tslo blarat o! a ruurr dry th.t bc rh.n I b. Q,ulrn roy yo? r,ho b. ruthcntlcity y Ecguluity rrlth ri&ilrllty to no otba! thrt ba rrho f b. ｆ ｌ ｌ 一 ｒｉ ｌ 39 ｒ ｌ ｌ �AclnorlGdqtcd.nts Helc it gocs crazy Yous and gracias - thank my back thus far"' to Papl Dios upltairs fo! having(my true Peeps know. e'ho-chey a-!e 6 corne: my who's in to evlryone how much love r gots for thelo in this colaz6n of taine (Ehe 3" Leg fo! those othcls ) ) . to Lisa 6 the rest of the chaPbook team' This was a dream and 3 you it haPPen. - guys - io rnade Kate fo! puiiring me to keep on kcePin' on' to Craig for having contrdence rn my worK wnen -L ctlcln L rlcve r'L' to Lou 6. for expoiing me to how many things haPPen behind the sccnes in this rness of a dernocracy we call America (and Phillips Acadcmy). io Ceci fo! sponsoling mc at open nri cs and lettin' me know that someone else has Passion out there. the finally to ihc foundels of what I try to do, the Poets-and Pietli, Pedro piii Algarin, [iguel Piiero, !4iguel tto^"t, writeri Perdomo, Martin Tiio laviera, Julia de Buigos. Pablo Neluda, willie EsDada, The Last Poets, AIILili Baraka, the list goes on and on - you sh^owed'me the ult.imate form of exPression and fighting back - with words . Pa' fante siemPle Pa' lante nrL Pana -Ant 40 ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mariposa Fernández Papers Description An account of the resource Mariposa María Teresa Fernández (1971–) is a Puerto Rican poet and performance artist born and raised in The Bronx. She was the first in her family to graduate from college, having earned a BA and MA at New York University. Mariposa's poetry, which often intertwines Spanish and English lines, meditates on empowerment, identity, family, all through a Bronx lens. Mariposa has authored Born Bronxeña: Poems on Identity, Love & Survival (2001) and is featured in multiple anthologies. Her work has also appeared on a variety of programs produced for HBO, PBS, Lifetime TV, and BET, and she has performed for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, the Essence Music Festival, and the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit. Mariposa is an accomplished educator and has also worked towards women's empowerment through a variety of outlets. Her honors include a Van Lier Fellowship, an El Comité Noviembre’s Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Award, and recognition from the nonprofit El Maestro. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fernández, Mariposa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978–2020 Language A language of the resource English Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Mixed-media collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS-FERNANDEZ Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Text Any textual data included in the document ヽ‐ UNIverses by AnthonY Morales a Edited bY Lisa Hsu A Couaeat Prrb].ication Cover photo bY Yaqub ProweJ')' Table Of CO聖基≦≧≧塁旦 Introduction, bY Yagub Prowel-L Searching for what was in mY face Don Jlbaro Logo Pancy "No rnatter how much loot I qet"'" Rest my dear citY One two three in the morning The Weed Encounter AnniversarY Blues Poem on a bar naPkin tost #5 Bus Love Teacher Please Teach Me 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 )a Junkie's Reality (inspired by Flaco y Miky Pirlero) 31 Snerica' s Online (Vergion litilleniun) 2 Ode to the Hunts Point Hookers Quien SoY Yo Acknowledgeloents 2( 37 40 Rhythn is thc key word hcre' and thc qucstions that poets Like the author of this volume asL ti;elves are' "Hox do I obtaj.n it? vlhere do I frnc ;;;--;", do I transPosc it with written exPEession?" Thus it transpirei ttrat ttre style of writing this young rnan folJ'ows a struglle to-u*ptt"" the rhyth'ns that denote the essence of tre "..rg."--itoi p.t"rob,:Iate ttre Poets aPPficable walk of life - in this case' iroraiiay tfr.t founa on a continurm of countless Lrliters the Bronx' This Poet's stap"'"tt who cane before - n.rpu Jiii"o"' Toni Morrison' Piri Ttromas ' Anlri Baraka' Pablo Neruda, The Last ;;;";- l{illie perdomo - iust to name a few' rn the for what- is in his face' a face that rs tradition of these eraer-"-ie one with that of por, ,riu.io-"il eig wirly the Dassion that encorpas"."- is enconipassed by that of the "young il;:;-.";' .; ;;;T;-;1..t", "t'l- the lonerv men ne.eotiat:ne with the Hunts Poi:r: Hookers, the ba! iropp"t iiiii"g Napkin for the fine f.af-"itti"-gJ- truth is told j.n ti,e cJitl"- and his passion as ire internally debaEes familiar philosophicaL context --- themes within a "t'pt leLigion, addiction, Love. exploitation' "c"rches dearer' He sealches for a couple that a love Poem and his t''-btr ot' a 3 by 3 Marca1 by him' and the oLd Puerto Rican man whose i"'Jrt]tiot' ' His observations and the way rn which his words refleJi Uott' a depiction and a Decorajngr of the people portrayed liken hirn to a very young ulban Siddhartha' syncoPate the This volume contains a young poet's struggle to musically fo' Bronx streets which he calls home' to create an -effective 11"" the one called Te!j-. and to count off the interval€ between his c-1ont-st--c:rlo"uOstness economic duality' revotution' The author Eactfu]1y s et f-emPowerment iti titf''iy' ' finds the song in th" ji;; of the Junkie' the Hooker' and the Ghetto itself' 3 Hc kecps his ninct oPen in order to hear the newest melody of the conflicc he secs evcryday. xe consi]te"ily t"tt" note of the dialectics within those whc run a hard lifc, thcir antithlsis often and ironically cmbodied by the figule .i- ,1"""- it*i"t, . t"rigious remnant of the congucst of his people ' In his depiction of these this young man sheds a different tinted light on ;i:- ;.a;"*i;;it.tior"' irr" *ty th;t simurtaneously embraces and shattels Ehe ";;;; "at'l!t"", ot ineuirii alrowins his r€ader to uPon the Poet and the saze stereotlryes of urban Anerica ' ado' I Possess thc hono! of introducing to witiiut furthe! Hence reader, --;;;;"": ntl-l:i^r'"T-1"!,1'-:..t:: you a talent birthcd o;';' :;:":,,::I"":: train greetinq its comutels in the South Bronx - Anthony Morales' projecls", -the war,L or Lne \-r11 uavr,e !'v---- Yaqub P!oweIl May 1998 scalctdtrg fo= rhrt ras j.n ry face Thc writcr hunts for bis pley an idea for a poem Ant-boogie hits the stleets searching for a thought He lralks thlough the concrete suburb and first comes to a bodega that smells fulL of old ideas Maybe an ice cold Malta will be the remedy Ant goes to thc back of the bodega peruses the ALpo and Goya product aisle to find his salvation but lrhen he cracks open the chest he discovers no Malta Goya or Vitarroz that would stimulate his rr.ind Even more frustlated he starts to walk forever it seems towards his abuelita's house in C&C territory On his way he passes by sinilar stleet colnels and hears ]a mtsica deL Blonx Iively saLsa and merengire beats being blasted from ta Mega mixed with the hardest hip hop from Hot 97 fused with the classic souL of Kiss all of which can't compete wiEh Ehe guiet husrfer's prece that Big Willies kick in a fiend's ear on every corne-! What' chu Lrant kid Blue caps red caps Just as sclid as my naps Nicke1 Dime Gualanteed to mess you up in t).me Snow b I oi.J What you wanna know Yeah I got some crack Five-O coRir' betca watch yo' back By a.l-l Ant wants is now his abuclita's arroz con gandules not these hoes offelinq things that even Big AJrt lrants to reject for prices he can't lefuse He recognizes the stringY one in the Pom-Pom shorts and dirty haltser toP she was in his homeroont Her eyes ca!!Y a lot of luggage and nany geal sod^Eu rrf9'rg' Damn Ant says as he hears the rattle of the #2 train above him where are the gardens of 'fohn Adams He reaches abuelita' s Projects for his arloz con gandules In the lobby the jibaro's eYes cal] him to hear his lamentos His eyes contain Ehe sadness of a whiPPed dog and his i.Eir&Ied skin ard ttrick firgers reveal manY days en e1 camPo 6 Jibalo grunbles some SPanish unknown to lIl! Tt sabe guien es Albizu CanPos libertad o Muerte Am6rica es un gruPo de maricones viva Puerto Rico Y la revoluci6n It shakes Art because !inaIIy the tluth had been told IIa F:lra. rri. r-,:u ,!n the stalls ard doesn't stoP to notice the custo[rBr]'es ?he hieroglyphics on the r'rall the pi.Ie of UUy c" G on the f floor tE c+]e tlat trE](es o.Jt crt tlE 56 fl@! ]rq-rng (he heard she's due soon) The burnt hallway of the 6'h floor and now finally the sweet smell of the r)-ce and Peas quretLy sitting in the Pot and the j ourney for the idea is over The poem wrote its eL f ' Don Jibalo The brown soul of the island slavas cn e1 ca4>o day afte! day sunrise to sunsct he tends to the field making iE his life His pain is shown by thc 9 platano fingers of his soft lock hands and the rlvers calved along his face providing channels for the bodi.es of sHeat He ncver washes away thc stain and the Pain of the past 506 years on his spalse attire tligueio sk.in and tattered soul Soy j lbaro Soy Puerto Rico en coraz6n Y alma y tu tambi6n te siJerrtly gxults to his j.rwjsi-b1e jjbaritD sdl because he wears his stain Proudl-!' Looking at the box upon the box with sullen eyes he watches highlights of the 2"d sunday in June pondering the diffelence fron 18 68 seeing the blind inteLligence unchanneled emotion and unjus! satisfaction of the 2 trl.illion portogringos Lets him know that it's cime contra ignorance contra assirdlation conEra prop 187 contla english only contra AneliKKKa Don Jibaro peers into the red-anber sunset of eI jibarito eyes in eI Bronx and tells him silentfy E! segudo glito es necesario ahora para salvar Ia gence puertorligueia y tu tambi6n Lr tutur. Gttl .n tu. Ernot siJo Alt.! bl'! Dttlg. b !t E !t hf, q,fi,r!.tY aI( lodd'q cbrt labeler hoPc eichrlcr h!. f.rt gr.bt hlr Erchct. lar rDd rsrltr 8 Ipgo E ne? (fo! tbc Drterialistic oncs ) l.ty nrcd to look Jiggy is unqucstioned Tomy tlill Nautica Gianni versace and Donna xarcn all knol, lty namc My style is siryle Rugby (collar up of coulse) ny carpentcr j cans and the construction Titns The outcr gcar aPParel is strictly North Face for the sub-zcro New York nights sulc I gotta pay a hundlcd o! molc for a shirt but so what? Yeah I know Mom Dukcs is on welfarc and my baby nceds diaPers so what she'I1 pull thlough like shc a.Iways has so what if I gots no fifc? I didn't cve! go to school to learn anyway tlhen I roLl uP in the Party ev.!y chick is uP oD lt As soon as thosa glccnish eyes of a hon.y-dip secs ?o@y Hil,figcr cEblazoned across my bony chcat all ls folgottcn about ny aPPcaEance Iloney slowly apploachcs switching hcr PoIo hlps and showing that f1y NautLca chest and I flash rnv decked out superflcial snile lliss bcttcr come colrcct I wants a girl with DK and Dicsel and thc bigger thc patch that RalPh Laurcn puts on hcr ass thc morc it looks applc shaped our mltching Polo sport flagrances clash and out lips alc togethe! in unsubstantiated happinGss Uh-oh lrhat th. deal with money in thc Avirex lcathe! that shit nust have cost 150 bones it' s on I said to myself as I slowly followcd hin on hj.s way to see his mothcr at the old folks' home 10 Fron bGhind the ca! I Jurycd out and said e-yo Eimc yo' shit I t ant tttc lcath'! oh you got a link too Eiutc it Can you bcllevc that hc tried to run? SoDctbiDg in t[C just snaPPed grabb.d nY Piecc in BY Pents and I ncased uP:oY nci, jackct r{ith a bullct in ihc lecX of the chief's head Euck it I sold the holy leathc! to buy a new Pai! of NoH thcm cats-both the fcllaz and ladiez in school wiU be uP on it jordans with my new shinY bloodY kicks and th] real crulified Jcsus piece across my neck 11. trNo toatte! hor Br:dr 1oot I Eet I,t! staying in ttrc projects folevc!,, Havoc of Mobb Deep osurvival of the Fittest" lnrgine that a brothe! could makc $100 Gs a year (at l.ast) push a bccmer and come home to the love1y coDclcte gardens of CLason Point and live under the authority of Ncrr York city ltoEing Thc reality is that this mentality is a false philosophy A.5 soon as this cat makes his rap and gets the contract I'd like to sec him looking at his Rolex 24R goLd shining in the light while Eiding the *2 train back to his decked out crib r2 in t}Ic oqperirEntal sr:bsidized houslng Els ne!, S180 Air FoarPosite Pemy sneaks sure feel good those clean soles stepping on a sanitized blood and piss floor His ncw 5350 Avirex leathe! jasket sure looks good lrhen contlasted rrith the cirlL IletalLic shine of a tagged rP e.Le\/ato! -rrre urisp scrr.srd o! cire cerrjalu.us r**...i*,y in his pocket sure sounds good over the cracklttg fi-re irl the ga:irage can The glitter of his oakleys under an oranga hue streetLight strikes the needing eyes of his boys on the corner That the deal papa what's up with ou! demo I thought you was gonna put us on You loi]cer r€ represent and keep it real, my nigga sonchow hc wants to hGlP but thc Hords of his lawyer f lott staten Island ling in his cars Now lookce here we're gonna make You scttE cres!tr You not ]rEUr Iltr3 dr t]c coEtel L&! no ciJclllgtances can ]'ou bcfP thsn Along wlth Your Promisc to stay in thc Projccts forevcr you m.rst l€3Eda! that ltou tlBke r6tey ncrr icu aE bdtlr t}):n ttDse 6ldeE dr tlE @rEr A.I!ight toy nigge! so he rralks array strolls Past his 2 gradc houde whose definition in life is that hc knows a lapstar and ignores the Pleas of his gill for rroney for lhe diaPers of his son Mr FeaLness Erblaces the fake sec1]lity of the whilc rrorld of dol1ar biUs Lexuses and exucutive offices lrhile forgetting his childhood of food starps public transPortation and aParunents overclowded with disPlaced relalives Rcalness starts to run run scared runnj,ng scared and confused while ;eciting his hardrock rhYmes over his oxYmoron life 13 Rest t!}t dear city Before the norning dew wilL settle upon the front LaHas of the Projects Thc city that nevcr sleePs needs to wind dor.rn The old men in thc bodega nrr] I all.twTl thc aates of plotection colored by tags while hcaring the sgueaking crying and comPlaining of the local lat residents The pairs of New Balanccs and Reebok cf ass i cs hanging from the lines of comunication sway in the Hindy lecesses and twirl around each other pointing to the life of the tor.{n The women line up 14 along the Point to hustlc thcir chocha and teta merchandise for ncgotiable Pri ces for the loneIy rnen whose wives are doing lhe sane Ereaks come out at. night- this night malked by the orange hue streetlight blood lcd ltLite bluc police qa! silen rays fi.re and sun bulbs of the rnterno a1l nrirrored in the flowinq Pool collected next to Paco and the hol"e in his head -a bad drug deal, gone wlong Shiny ,,exus ES 3OO's and Benzo's wiih the posh execut.ive ownels cruise Ehe EDR along with the dusty Impala's and do1lar cabs making their overnlght getaway flom these irtsomniac streets Stray cats and dogs heow and bark vrith freedom and stroll thc night of thc sidewalks in thc shadoH3 so thcir olPhaned or.ners and the ASPCA won't crash thcir Party in thc aLlcys A loncly front page of thc Daily News flies across thc stlcct like tbc spirits of the obituarics whosc tine passed ard ilrr, irto tha orshion of thc conclete The hurn of the underground 6 lrain Lcts those arrakc know the city has had its sleeP but it t,as only a quick naP bccause here comcs the punk tax collcctor to cop Jesus Pendants ].oot and I Love NY sweatels 15 One two tlrree in the aornirrg Dalkness is broken by orange stleetlights reflected in the pool of 40 oz memolies Splish Splash l.take a dive into fizzLnq and bubbling like fresh urine in a toilet and look at one wave The wail of the cPR having police rushes to the Pox 5 news scene as a mother' s cry crescendoes in a lamento Bolincano bolero I flash glances at the baby men standing in the crowd awaiting their turn 'round the chalk mark 15 the pain in their eyes is no longe! about the water gr.rn fight they lost and as they sip the Henny to drink it a1l away I hear Marvin Gaye sing about how ooh d:.iLd ttrirgs ain' t gonna get easier on the next ripple a oi!1 sits alone on a park bench leliving a mental chess match how the black queen was checlsrated by the king He! tears rivering streaks of Revlon down her ashy please don't ask me cheeks She tries Eo measule her sadness agalrtst the dead neon green ]ightbulb clouds but can not The cool sheet on a sunmer night wind rocks her back to that time when sh. was thc only boo Ln his l1fe ad turth to a GfiEIIIlE bt I €l lotE 1rr bel*er Bcnt!1ity Tragcdy lroD't cotne shc lasofvcs Hith hc! inhalations naking olang. chclly stEectlights Thc 24 hour strect pharmrcy is opcn for business cvs don't makc this tlPe of cash flov, trallcd ny peoplc So now doing a dead man's float fui a tributaly swig of St Ides on the floor rEdeEteath the everl€tdlleul stoic stleetlight I j urp out of despair gaspin' for rny turn to roII c lo for the ghctto Bop n cop niggas know snow n blow the time on thc blue cap red cap BIad( MilG got his r.:ig FsH ba* fo! frontin he carnc short be the moEto for life of the wannabc pitlps pushels and playas on the 2 of breath 1l 'lltre tlced llis grcen skinnY bodY srays to and fro in a foul south Bronx wind mixed with desPerate exhalations boodah smoke fricd brain cells and life can't get wolse and the source of his anger isn't the dog Piss that sPlashes on him one more trme or the junkie' s nervous stomP in his rced stan& ljr a &scrtcd land waiting for a neighbor too nuch broken glass too much galbage too much Ncw York Icaves hiB alone 50 lolre.ly r. r.e hc watches flom his cornc! tlro youths kissing passionsatelY deeplY sad he A solitarfr could not be the girl's hand toucbing the rose caressing the velvcty lose Nobody knows the trouble he' s seen Nobody goes co this dilaPidatcd scene 18 smoke rny own dick if it could give me lhe fix two steP one day Mother Natule answered those playeEs and seeds got PLanted inplanted Lras hoPe But nah hell nah wouLd they survive his conversation was deadLy I'd so d.ath fricnd.ly hc becane thosc scQds wi'thelcd died and guietly dissolved into the tonb-likc soil lrhcla undelneath so EanY souls havc btock ParEies for the new visitor The vreed's last victi-Er was the rose he sought to be touched as they moved toward each other They rli sgoveled they trere of the sarE roots sane walk o! Iife she puckered he! Petals and gave him the kiss from the lose Kisseg neve! grow they only kil,l Your sPirit here The rosc feI1 over and its petals uent flaccid Iooking down at the weed's roots He hel,d hcr in hj's alms and s creamed so loud so loud so loud ! only no one heard hirn Now the weed stands reliving the plot in his lot of deach playing solitaire wich clacked glass sPades fake gold Pfated diamonds ultra violent billY clubs and one コust on kェ ng of hrs deadly healt 19 20 Encourrta! ADniveEsary Blues Hey you sholty tlpc of a woman glowin' like a din light bulb floatin' on the air looki.n' like lcvitation o! maybe it's eLevation to heaven rrhen you xalk .Uay I tall( Eo you for just a couple of hours softly devouling and nibbling on your perception of me and then nr.ine of you but there' s no Deed to guestion the authority on the notion that you are the beauty lotion drop that is motj.on beyond the waves lipples and shill[ner of the ocean beyond the vrhip appeaL potion somc can say you have on me beyond the iragination of rore lIEtaphols that attempt to define your existence You moistulize me in a suave way to say you complete me wouJ.d be an understatement because 2 halves rnake a whole and I'm more than that man would kick that false rap to you who is a whole Iot of lroman so you see mathematically we overcomPensate each other But emotional nurbers don't always equal a relationship equacion Our convcrsation is only in its filst hour .nd f already daydrcatn us rcaidj.ng in thc land that is called EAkc-bclirve But it can be conceivcd s1lcnt and tnootb fc.lin' ltkc nlght turnLn' to day and day back to night ahd night to dly and day to night atrd then right there ne'Il ask rhetolical. questions like what tlpc of light shincd upon us to be hele whcrcver 1t is whcncvcr i! i3 9le both know it was love justicc caring about just us and thcn we'Il laugh and end 1t with a kl'ss 2t Po6 on . b.t n Phin You parsonify a poem that's Puttin' You on a Pedestal and preaches to your PersonalitY and not your Pussy I see the real you that's cookin' J.ike pollo guisa'o stew The tlue uonan I seek would sEep lrgm tnLs duqie whose gane is The do You rock ■s lnvュtin′ but I'm fightin' thru the grease He could at ]cast offer you a drink hold up he owns is that cent pseudo gold-Plat.d J.sus link how could I even think he would do somelhing othcr than llhy rlc You Petitc on this cat who' s teekin' du.urb deaf and blind to what You reallY necd .nba <r.rFatbeads that f or3 butta Pccan wastin' Your breath on my undelams show as crcscent shaPed scas of ruy shaare from rny lack of gamc Damn I think homcboY's larne to come at You with that doo doo flattelin' oDe two hey boo line You with You so fine and You a dime 工'■■ give You mY timc ■ike you arc my muse that fuses the Pen and the PaPer 22 tl u■50 Ba2S raducc lnd scducc whilc I'n ju3t tryin' to inducc and Ploduc' tlr si.riljistl'c ad.lc that ccs frdr t}l' helrt light now staltin' I'I1 look at You and nayb. beby approach You attcrrptin' to not boast to You aboui your qualitics that swallow urc At thc sam! tiloc I'n cli$in' th. heights of this 3 bY 3 marcal naPkin runnin' out of sPace fo! nY try to gct You at mY Place so I'11 sIiP this iD Your bag dorn around Your saist My name is Ant I hope this wasn't a waste Plcase lct me know My nunber is 71E 893 4510 23 24 L08t15 Bus Love Future essences of love captured !try sight of the #5 bus I see the project plj.ncess step on to the scene with he! blonze wavy hai! and crystal spalklin' eyes Deer into mv fantasv we slowly approach cach other through furtive intentional glances carryin' ou! young and unfillcd lives together to the schoolyard I see mys eIf ruuin' up to her tEart F.!IpjI' ard nen es d!!Llin' to the bcoe Hey you girl l like you you like me Baby gi!1 sayin' ycah I like you boyfriend givin' De that accepted feeling of puppy love in motion while holdin' my hand dancin' a hop skip and j urnp to the rhyttun of the double flutte! heartbeat happiness takin' us to that dream house she' s the moruny I'm che daddy pullin' into the driveway cookin' me that dinne! then lre listenin' to each other's sighs and laments about our Parents they just don' t understand l,aughin' and l"ovin' movin' our bodies co movie scenes we seell over some firepLaces cracklin' and popprn' ale our dlcans goin' up in that 3Bok. GoDC in thc south Bronx wind tc llsrrin' tn!o.$r ciE shfuy A::.a ri$to*rca just passin' by dark surroundings Pray for our seguel Ain't no matte! we'II always havc ou! atoELica] transpoltation a ffai r tomorrow I hop. bccausa we in lovc we arc beautiful he! inner sunshinc lightin' now it's all Eood up life But whiLe splintin' thlough those tncadows she coEes to a stoP and the end of Ey adventurous heart Baby baby pl.asc don't Press stoP and go I wasn't done with my daydrcam love for you just eve! We=she-BC startin' to cry over our one moment in tiDe together 25 Ecach€r Please Teach Me fron the South B=onx to chェtown from East St. Louis to LaWrence This warrants a grito louder than the gavef knockin' flom East St. Louis to Lalrlence Th■ s warrants a grit。 ー l:ll:::Fぃ ,h31^iり :_7avil ́ レ Tiny tots Lrith their eYes all aglow don't cven know about the Lack of time care and money sPent by the city Thc situation is shitty kinda like the sPit You see on the ground AJ.l alound EbeY gaEner sittin' on the dull cold floo! askin' Miss Rachcl l.lis s Rachcl will you read us a story? Alright boYs and girls "...ana chicken Little said the sky j.s fal].in' the sky is fallin"' But this ain't no fable The paint chips asbestOS and non―accreditatiOn are ca■ ■in′ 26 gritty ■n 1963 BrOwn vs. BOard of Ed. sorry to say but an ofay they'■ ■ be okay attitude aェ n′ t exact■ y prOducin′ braェ n food The mood becomes rude str=ppin′ kェ ds to nude p■ of inte■ lect sO that they can′ t detect the defects critical re flecti on creatin' connections between tshe 3r' s ctures h′ ■S nOW dead bccotocs crlzy hrrd whcn You got a ttc(rative Hcadstalt Beinq smart don't got nothing to do with it Whcn a 3Pirit becones detachcd from a body ccrlailr things start to haPPcn slang fl.PPin' cun cIaPPin' women slapPin' mentality snaPPin' pcople who we ca}} Iowlifca are Ploducts of this system it.i ip"ti" molc on them in jail than in school Shit' s not cool when your homeroom is the bathroom sta1l or hall o! dvm Is ilre budget that slim or our govtrnment just Plain din as opposed to bright ifh.n kids fight it' s fo! space to brcathe and conceivc and not gricve ifr"t tn.y lratch more TV than they lead supposedfy we are Dlantin' the secds tor tornorrow' s leadcrs But we are j.nbreeding a vicious cycle of dePendencY on AEDC and wlc The air is as thick as uscd tires and when You search fo! the look of desile in a child's eyes all you san do is sigh and wonder whY this is hapPcnin' in Anerica う4 lmrica't onlina (velsion Miucnir8) Anelica's online for tbis new nilleni.um of rrars radiation nuclea! destluction ghetto rcconst!uction thcre's a certain tlPe of abduction of souls from the leduction of welfare what's fair comes in terns of nu:nbers while the Prez Practices inflation tt4)e inhal-ations of his lungs causin' me persPiration of fear and it's a1l here in the Rythic mcltin' pot where my rice gets cooked in a (Linute .rd dtrEr is senrd as a rD fElIIs mlclcr^Eve EEal Ghetto tested nobody's aPProved the covert use of narcotics on avenues streets and boulevards where it's become kinda hald to see what is really a Porty Reecan o! a Mexican or a Cuban or a bLack man o! woman o! a EIan cod damn f thought I l,as Amer I can But haybe not because when the block gets hot from 5-0's suspicion it's me they're wishin' did the crime There's no tijrE that could rehabilitate the damage done to mY mind internalized and ecernalized fa! a Iot of years cuz I'm livin' in between tlLinority frustlation and Anglo donination hearin' black rnen's lamentations and white men' s exhalations j,n a fast Paced nation but you scc I can't count becausc whiLc leccivin' what thc statc ca11cd cducation the teachers did suffocation of Ey spilit and id.as By then I was introduccd to those -isms far rcre &entally handicapping than the dlug My f,uture was alrcadY dug out into the toold of Puerto Rican rnale wild as fuck don't givc a fuck Iikes to fuck and all By Iife being fuckcd over by the Problens probably stcm from my last name acccnt and mentality hald and grey like cement but thc jack hanrners of the -isms capitalism racisn irq)erialism colonialism forced rne to go to isolationism nBkin' tae vrant to go to the tnoon o! another planet but da8eit Ameri,ca's there too So I ask myself lrhat to do can't wait for a rainy day cuz it' s fuckin' pourin' watchin' reruns and leruns of blacks and broms on cops has becorne kinda borin' And I'm wonderin' where can I tuln whele it won't Look like my ski-n is burned where it won't Iook like every cop is Mark Fuh!/nan yearnin' 29 ヽ il fo! that siq)1e institution caJ,l,ed dcmoclacy Hypoclisy's bccn tIlockin' me and ny intellig.ncc Thelc's no t!T)c of rcvclcncc cuz wc live in tha tcncnents But fuck tb.t it' 3 not peEllAnent I lras heavcn scnt hclc to tarE doxn thc lrallg of conscnt that' 3 Eenufactulcd and oblitcratc those fracturcs that are thc cololizcd borders beyond thc map cousl'n you buggin' if you think dis-sclvicc is gonna stop This is thc upgrad. lrnelica' s onlinc velsion trIi].].cnium 2 yeals abcad of tine so cop this softrrale beforc your hardvralc becomcs outdated 30 Jurtki.' f i"tpi".a bE Elaco Y uiky Piiero) t B.sIitY My shit Ia's just that shit that can't be exPlaineci through met a 4 o! see me lee no you can't see me giving it a warm bubble bath underneath mY trickling flame Yeah babr who's Yo daddY cornbine with thc sPirits of Ia meladona gue esta cabr6na brother solidify into a tight juieY ball of conclntrated 3OO proof fuckeduPness and here it is You! highness you enter mY vein I hold mY brain in my ashY hands Iike a sPonge and squeeze blood and thought from it I just want that dirty gutter dirty colo! dirty mothe! it' s dirty brocher there is no othe! Iove suPreme Love suPreme Get the fuck outs of rnY ndnd clean Son 1et mc schoo] You about Ehis crack freebase shi'E I shoot like a l,hitc boy's J all day aLl night Dy man on tshe outsidc for thc 3 the 2 the 1 It' s only fun when the homies can't lrave none and I, the ,runkie king of ttre south Bronx rcign like a bad triP suPleme ove! those other so-callcd junkies with 2 or 3 recovery Plogr.rm failures under deY belt My funky hustle bunPs up and down. the Point slarctrin with a 1OOO yard cross 3 blocks stare for ttli.S ].ittLe DqrliJri6t 16 1er old nigya with rny shit to the facts 32 I allcady fccl about as clcan as thc acid washed jeans Mr. Clean rrould pirE) rrit afro sheen know rrhat I mean gene mcaning la metadona gue csta cab!6na mc trae a 1a otla zona whele thc voices of junkie' s heaven dance around Your iasignifi cant high is nothjDg You think you are t}]e jun}ie king of the Sronx Private Mora.l es you are a rrorth-less pile of Jrolseshi t tj:at .3rElls so bd tlc l,jes rqr't a,=r: .6.d< ra.th 1a-r ?tlat perso, 1u: - in the IIaEor sazirg at ]qr r.dt] srpty eyes a sun.ker face ar;d a recding hair-lire is you f .rernelnber you urEftaid ard ,r,or7g reEy to dqJer the l.l2r-ld Ldt-h .j,io y.e..y >iri u But you smoked injected drank and fucked it aL7 away b you re€).ize that the draggjng ard hearrir,ess in your .brain and veins are not supposed to .be there or m)b tlBt shit (s) ias iea-r rr yqlr sgra:,',t, W for so long you don't even remetTlber .RemeIllbet shi t I'd b satid i-f yot e,st :glelber 1a:r 6-ust ki-ss who whax where when and wily vho are yoD? what are you ? the niggas beinq lyndred hrho laugh at ore mdssa irer-ause ar.luge,.i.i-rr is es,lr.i-rrg if it ain't alleady hele christnas eve jingle bells mo crack sells I'm fucked up what can I say and into this mcntal gue ahora esta cabr6na Oyc ant qva pasa Pana? you must think you are a man right? 7he hai.r the nixry grixxy rct so ],letly stuff on your chest is nothing erh?.re .Ee you? why ate You th.re? vllg.n aIc u qoinE to- it' s pornographic nightmare that I've bccn jacking off to on my street where the capitalists are the Freddy Xnregers slicing my veins ir hal'f ard naking rny mi-rd fuzzy to the point of ghetto paradise Day turns to night riots of scranblilg flcrn the police and the dqrpr:s Lifc's a bitch and then you die that's vhy I gct high yoD never knov tthen Ya gonna go to the market Para esa metadona que esta cabr6na my only girl in this worLd of qutte! butter blood flow through my clean body overflow ove rthrot, ove!Load my system to the point of oh my qod danger My body' s talking my body' s talking TcIl you to shut thc fuck uP close tllc door to thc nidlidtt of tny rElDries I don't want to know thc filst tj-trE I gave my arms a hlryoderrtic scar Discovering thc fog and dus! of my raind Hhen it tries to opcn nakes ne shut it because I arn aLlergic What kind of heavcn is this shit? My heaven lays !l batEen a bed of ccrrcEte ard llfeElo There snoke fifls the loom and ny tD.ind is f ree to exprcss my junkie's reality to the fine woman who care not for my intellect my glass dick they love to smoke No worries about censorshj.P this isn't a nick at nite faIrlily show Thesc people need to knor", that life ain't a drcam but for 33 ny body is talkinE to nc what at. u a vitqin Pussy? Sioot so&c mo of tiat shit into Yout bTood highvaY but apparently thcle j.s a traffic jam and:ry livcr and heart can't takc the pain and the strain causas me to choke on the bubbly fizz of the 40 Fox 5 tlaffic coPte! swj-rls with fLashlights ove! my skin r.,,riaa uhta atnroadtino the PoiJtt. tlrere seems to be a iwkie fyrg out in thc middle of tllc stleet I've become tshe junkie's jesfs cristo being cruficied with tubcs and scatE toxic blood plasEa through mY veins Now I vratch my life beep before my eyes beep f've comrLitted every sin known to man beep There's no turning back to Purity beep Fathe! folgive rne for I havc sinned IYs 6rdd rp to lslch, that yrr are d6est to Bin when you are about to die beep It's also a cabr6n ldErr the onLy tinE l,lJu see your loved ones is at You! funeral beeeeeeeeeaecce eeeeeee e ee e eP Nort you are mine my son | *. to t}rt Br:trts PoiRt EooLGE3 She's now sctlin of the set[i-Precious gem m.skcd bY stiletto heels spandex and Pounds of makeuP The stlut rcninds me of a mutt Lady loet the traEP and had a baby Ieft her on the sidewalk tso become a stract corner dvreller seller of the Peach that Daddy neve! wanted to eaten seekin Mr. Right who'IL undelstand that it's a1I one elaborate PIan tshat cotrEnands no fear and the abitity to fuck and suck stuck by invasive fingers a gosPel and pimls Preachin never knelr to know a Place You It' s not his bizness or any othe! bi znes s because the no bizness of hoes IS fo sho bi znes s Pimpin ain' t eas Y Oh ycah oh yeah DecP and hard so dccP and hard i" tt.- grorld's oldest Profession il"iii"io"t to genitals are performed. or less drperdilg crr tle trid< ;;; "=r=y 'r^11:r'gane TonqTucs flick Iike HcY baby $,ant a date Kinda the sarnc 1ir" trr.* wtrolesotrE hoes cryin and saying tshey wanna wait a while befole theY go too fas! But in their velsion of the mean timc l,tr. eoffy Pure's auctioning off the ass for thc cash whi eh last ti} the next hand and blow Jobs are hard to cum bY Iike those decent men who insulate not forcin the folnication of the naive female sPirit 35 35 but nclthc! is boclng Not knowinE whcthc! thc no.t tlick wl.LL be Joc Scb[oc or sone ricko so].lcltlnE razor bLadca and bubcd xilc thr nigbt bccomcs lo3t bctwccn thc hiEhs and thighs Dividcd Miss Guldcd flous through thc ncan tilc of the Polnt scarchln fo! thc point outsidc of thc joint life has b.cn Now she erosscs hcr violatcd body with the sbapc of th. crucifix wondclin 1f it's all, bccn one big sin Quicn soy Yo Yo soy the language You hear while exPeriencing a South Bronx avenue thr Language in b.tlreen a piragua and an icie la lengua jibaros use to desclibe Amcri ca Ibe eternal syllables that bounce through the cornels of your rlind sayin' everything you think bcfore you bli.nk $atch out because aqui y alIi yo estoy But I be coastin. while others be roast.in, thelnselves to look like my rrord My word is bond is me I be NY Boricua Iearnt a lengua beyond a slmtax coDvention an invention of a nixture colonizer and colonized revitalized y internalized for my being to surprise the ignorant masses It got me guestionin' who rea1ly be che dulrlb asses so why be we in the speciaL ed classes I be the sadress en un lamento gue un viejo sings after being fired I be tired of restlictions constrictions a f f1i ctions to one diction that be ordinary diction oldinaly diction oldinary I be the boy sittin across from you on the 6 train listenin' insanely spittin' the plofane words you perceive me to be 1. to Coltrane 3l ordinaly but thc dlctionary if I had a dime for cvery time I seen the bloody butchery of language which be me which be flowin' free into these streets which cried too many tears fo! tiberty and democracY democracY democracY dem I crah see dem mockin' me dem mockin' we iJ"ti. r"ttg'r.gc of the emPowered ;J'i"ki;' L.at tttrrt the nectars of 2 floters our showers be gray on a sunny day ;;; ;; rainbowi aiter be tan bonito where the soflito be sizzlin' that be $rhele I be what arloz con PoIIo diction can't bc the standard cause thcn I be danaged but I be ravaqcd bv confusion I be usin' soul fusion to crcatc thc i'llusion that I bc losin' but I bG winnin' orinnin' at these gEingos .-* ^ -i.ro in Lex 5 0s "rra "a"aa be causc Ibc what they }Iish they never could see But they could never bc Iivin' in mY tclritory whi ch they creatcd ffr. U"it"a States of the Ghctto oh hol" I would be chillin' 38 tut. llL thrt bG rtrrt I b. hor cold bul,lctr lltc thru th. .it th.t bG how I be wbcn le dtLc. d.f B.tslo blarat o! a ruurr dry th.t bc rh.n I b. Q,ulrn roy yo? r,ho b. ruthcntlcity y Ecguluity rrlth ri&ilrllty to no otba! thrt ba rrho f b. 39 f l l 一r i l r l l 40 AclnorlGdqtcd.nts Helc it gocs 3 crazy thank Yous and gracias - to Papl Dios upltairs fo! having my back thus far"' to evlryone who's in my corne: (my true Peeps know. e'ho-chey a-!e 6 how much love r gots for thelo in this colaz6n of taine (Ehe 3" Leg fo! those othcls ) ) . to Lisa 6 the rest of the chaPbook team' This was a dream and you guys rnade it haPPen. - - io Kate fo! puiiring me to keep on kcePin' on' to Craig for having contrdence rn my worK wnen -L ctlcln L rlcve r'L' to Lou 6. for expoiing me to how many things haPPen behind the sccnes in this rness of a dernocracy we call America (and Phillips Academy). io Ceci fo! sponsoling mc at open nri cs and lettin' me know that someone else has Passion out there. finally to ihc foundels of what I try to do, the Poets-and the writeri - piii tto^"t, !4iguel Piiero, [iguel Algarin, Pedro Pietli, Tiio laviera, Julia de Buigos. Pablo Neluda, willie Perdomo, Martin EsDada, The Last Poets, AIILili Baraka, the list goes on and on - you sh^owed'me the ult.imate form of exPression and fighting back - with words . Pa' fante siemPle Pa' lante nrL Pana -Ant Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data PDF Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anthony Morales, UNIverses. Subject The topic of the resource Morales, Anthony Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York) UNIverses. Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas) Description An account of the resource <div class="element-text"><em></em> <div class="item-description"><em>UNIverses.</em>, a chapbook of poetry written by Bronx-based poet Anthony Morales</div> </div> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morales, Anthony Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available A Courant Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. 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