This is LA heat.
Chamoy y Mango, raspados y
A dios mio,
pinche caluroso!
Walk up Sunset Blvd,
Make a left on Park Avenue
Walk past the corpse,
Step on last years trash and smile.
“Bienvenidos a la Laguna”
Oye, chico, mira a las tortugas
Son babes, como tu
Cuanto cuesta la jamaica?
Paletas, paletas, paletas
Aguas!
Pelotas, pelotas, pelotas
Aguas!
Pistolas, pistolas, pistolas.
Warm weather cradles anxiety to rest,
It cools hot blood bent to burn brothers
Sisters laid out on green grass, yellow dress, Sunday’s best
Dog eyed children, puppies and spring kisses.
Mickey’s bottles and baby carriages.
Shirtless men and bald women.
Gringos and chinos
Todo el mundo está viviendo.
Some lay for pleasure, some lay for a living
Tent city in an apartment city
Grass stained and burnt faces lounge alrrededor de las esquinas,
While chingonas and tourist comen tostilocos y frutas.
Poiesis 