Monday, January 18, 2016

FILÍOCHT: Francisco Alarcón

Fuair an file Francisco Xavier Alarcón bás ag an deireadh seachtaine.
D'éag sé i Los Angeles de bharr ailse.
Duine aerach ab ea é a throid ar son cearta daonna agus dínit.
Scríobh sé i mBéarla agus i Spáinnis fá choinne páistí is daoine fásta.
Tá cuid de a shaothair aistrithe go Gaeilge le Gabriel Rosenstock.




“Mexican” Is Not a Noun

to forty-six UC Santa Cruz students and
seven faculty arrested in Watsonville for
showing solidarity with two thousand
striking cannery workers who were mostly
Mexican women, October 27, 1985



“Mexican”

is not

a noun

or an

adjective




“Mexican”

is a life

long

low-paying

job



a check

mark on

a welfare

police

form



more than

a word

a nail in

the soul

but



it hurts

it points

it dreams

it offends

it cries



it moves

it strikes

it burns

just like

a verb


Playlist

Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
Nina Simone


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