​Julián David Bañuelos

Freedom Sings

papío is dead, and the world is worse,
^{O we wanted more, hungry for justice}
papío is dead, and the world is worse,
^{Pobre papío.}
Qué vale más wey, her life or tuyas?
^{O we wanted more, hungry for justice}
Qué vale más wey, her life or tuyas?
^{Pobre papío.}
He’s as dead as a fly on the windowsill
^{O we wanted more, hungry for justice}
He’s as dead as a fly on the windowsill
^{Pobre papío.}
He won’t come killing us no mo’
^{O we wanted more, hungry for justice}
He won’t come killing us no mo’
^{Pobre papío.}

 

Julián David Bañuelos is a Mexican-American poet and translator from Lubbock, Tx. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. You can find his work at juliandavidbanuelos.com.

 

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