La Chispa 2024

more of w hat has been said,
more of w hat has been imagined
more of w hat there is today
even more than w hat w e have
imagined.
(Vivian Roman, M ary Otero)
w e w ield the k now ledge of our home
w e?ve lost the core to our history.
w e are tied dow n to the Earth
by the serpents that change our sk in,
punishment. (foreigners)
for a ribbon to measure the globe,
to k now if the w orld can
spread open your heart.
(Peter A rchuleta, Ryder Tregembo)
w e are the calculations that traced
today and hits the bottom.
w e are the protectors of [and w ithout]
the Spanish,
the cage w here the old empire ex pired
w here before they k ept crusaders.
(K indell Custer, Naw al Qureshi)
to be dead, is to say,
that the death in the trenches
is caused by the government.
hey are arrogant in the coast
and humble in the mountains.
for these, w e farm coffee and replant
in the buildings that w e build
to tak e care of the k ids,
the rising concerns
that w e complete
(A uggie M iller, A shadu Ball)
and w e are independent in
everything,
even in this place colonized by
porous fear;
even in the bak ery filled w ith
new spaper announcements;
even during the corrosive act of
saying that w e are only an island;
even this w as done to mak e us look
at each other lik e people,
j oining lik e block s of cement,
supplying the neighbors?
w arehouses,
despite the distance, w e have helped
each other,
w e arrive at the post office
and send cans and batteries.
(Lucy Tyroler, Hannah Leng)
don?t be afraid of w hat you already
k now .
w hile w e tak e aw ay the fear
strangers rob us.
w hat does it tak e
to be beautiful?
(Connor Smith, M addox
Rios-Bruner)
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