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Finals

2006-07-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

Go France!

July 4, 2006

2006-07-04T23:22:00.000-07:00

So the thing that most caught my attention today was Italy's victory over Germany in the world cup. I guess I am a traitor... America's big day and I am thinking more about 'soccer' than fireworks and hotdogs. ( I don't eat hot dogs because I don't eat pork.)

But... it must be known that when the Cup began all my heart was in the US winning. Was it likely? No. but I had hope.

Ghana sent the Americans home. After that I hoped that Mexico would go far... Mexico has never one the CUp and hell, more people in this country care about Mexican football than the US team.

Argentina eliminated Mexico. So then I hoped that Argentina's young team would do well. Beyond that I would have liked to see Brazil domiante the Europeon powers..

Nope... by the quater finals only European teams are left.

Portugal has never won.. maybe they can surprise me.

Please!!!

The Wedenesday before Thanksgiving

2005-12-23T15:44:00.000-08:00

Ya la habibi ya la
I feel like Rumi
Walking alone
In the cold dark empty road
Drunk
And I am happy
Blanketed by a sky full of stars
Knitted into the street lights
In my blurred mind
Stoned on sheesha and hashish
Alone
With the lost noises
I listen to my own footsteps
As if they lean me on
ya la habibi ya la
Wilid night like
Whiriling dervish
On the dance floor
Friends who adore
The look in their eyes
and then
The night ends
Ya la habibi ya la

Immigration

2005-12-17T15:26:00.000-08:00

So, Congress passed a bill that secures the borders and now makes it a felony to enter and live in the country without documentation. Now when people call immigrants "illegals" and "criminals" they are basically right.

I think it's a shame... I can see the need for building a fence on the border and taking other means to secure it, but passing a bill that instantly makes 15 million people in this country into felons seems unproductive.

Every year 300,000 people come to the US from Mexico LEGALLY. That is the maximum number of visas allotted for Mexico. Anyone else who wishes to, or needs to, come to the US from Mexico must do so "illegally." It is estimated that between another 1 million and 3 million people come here without papers.

Why do they come? For jobs... and we need them here. If there were no illegal immigrants in Dallas then no one could eat because: those immigrants work on the farms that grow the food, in the factories where they pack the food, in the stores and restaurants where you buy that food... etc... no building could be built or maintained because at least 70% of that work force is made of illegal immigrants.

The problem of Illegal Immigration? The only problem/ the only harm of illegal immigration is what is done to the immigrants. They are the ones that must live a clandestine life, fearfull of the policy, without the ability to do most of the things we take for granted such as purchasing a home or a car. Now more than ever illegal immigrant know that at anytime the government can arrest them and deport them and take away everything they have worked for.

There is a myth that immigrants come into this country and drain away public resources. They get free medical care right? Hmmm.. tell me wher eyou can get free medical care in this country and I will get in line. The only places like that are hospitals like Parkland which 1) are horrible places and 2) are funded by local taxes. But immigrants don't pay taxes! What is that statement based on? Do they have some card that they use at Wal-Mart that discounts the sales tax? Does the rent they pay not go to pay property taxes? Even amny illegal immigrants pay federal income tax, without the opportunity to collect a refund. So illegals actually contrigute more than blue collar citizens who get part of their tax money back.

One solution to illegal immigration: Legalize it! A realistic quota for Mexican immigrants, somewhere around 1 million, would mean that many many fewer immigrants would try to swim the Rio Grande or cross the desert to enter the country illegally. A lower number of workers trying to cross the border would make it easier for Border Patrol agents to spot drug smuggelers and potential terrorists trying to enter the country.

Logic is wonderful for solveing problems people!

Águas de Março (Waters of March)

2005-12-16T14:37:00.006-08:00

É pau é pedra

It's wood, it's stone

É o fim do caminho

It's the end of the road

É o resto do toco

It's the rest of the stump

É o pouco sozinho

It's a little alone

É um caco de vidro

It's a sliver of glass

É a vida, é o sol

It is life, it's the sun

É a noite é a morte

It is night, it is death

É o laço é o anzol

It's a trap, it's the bait

É peroba do campo

It's peroba of the field

Nó na madeira

The knot in the wood

Caingá, candeia

Caingá?, lamp

É matita-pereira

It's the matita-pereira tree

É madeira de vento

It's wood of the wind

Tombo da ribanceira

Falls of the river bank

É o mistério profundo

It's the profound mystery

É o queira no queira

It's the want in the don't want

É um vento ventando

It's the wind blowing free

É o fim da ladeira

It's the end of a slope

É a viga é o vão

It's the beam, it's a void

Festa da cumeeira

Ridge beam festival

É a chuva chovendo

It's the rain coming down

A conversa ribeira

The riverbank talks

Das águas do março

of the waters of march

É o fim da canseira

It's the end of the strain

É o pé é o chão

It's the foot, It's the ground

É a marcha estradeira

It's the beat of the road

Passarinho na mão

Small bird in the hand

Pedra de atiradeira

A slingshot stone

Uma ave no céu

A bird in the sky

Uma ave no chão

A bird on the ground

É um regato, é uma fonte

it's a creek, it's a fountain

É um pedaço de pão

it's a piece of bread

É o fundo do poço

It's the bed of the well

É o fim do caminho

It's the end of the road

no rosto desgosto

The dismay in the face

É um pouco sozinho

It's a little alone

É um estrepe é um prego

It's a point, It's a nail

É uma ponte um ponto

It's a bridge, its a point

É um pingo pingando

It's the drop dripping

É uma conta, um canto

It's an account, a story

É um peixe, um gesto

It's a fish, a gesture

É uma prata brilhando

It's the silvery glow

É a luz da manhã

It's the soft morning light

É o tijolo chegando

It's the brick arriving

É a lenha, é o dia

It's the firewood, It's the day

É o fim da picada

It's the end of the trail

É a garrafa de cana

It's the bottle of liquor

Estilhaço na estrada

Splinter in the road

É o projeto da casa

It's the plans of the house

É o corpo na cama

It's the body in bed

É o carro enguiçado

It's the broken car

É a lama, é a lama

It's the mud, It's the mud

É um passo, uma ponte

It's a footstep, it's a bridge

É um sapo é uma rã

It's a toad, it's a frog

É um resto de mato

It's the rest of thicket

na luz da manhã

in the light of the morning

São as águas de março

They are the waters of march

fechando o verão

closing the summer

É promessa de vida

It's the promise of life

no teu coração

in your heart

É uma cobra, um pau

It's a snake, a stick

É João, é José

It's John, It's Joseph

É um espinho na mau

It's a thorn in your hand

É um corte no pé

It's the cut on your foot

São as águas de março

They are the waters of march

fechando o verão

closing the summer

É a promessa de vida

It's the promise of life

no teu coração

in your heart

É um passo uma ponte

It's a footstep, a bridge

É um sapo é uma rã

It's a toad, it's a frog

É um belo horizonte

It's the beautiful horizon

É uma febre terçã

Its the third fever

São as águas de março

They are the waters of march

fechando o verão

closing the summer

É a promesa da vida

It's the promise of life

no teu coração

in your heart

Democracy?

2005-12-16T14:37:00.005-08:00

Is Democracy only a luxuary to be had by the most stable countries? or could it be a means to an end in conflict area?

Why not have a referendum in Kashmir to let the Kashmiris decide weather they want to be part of India or Pakistan, or be independent. Isn't that what freedom and democracy are about? Or how about in Palestine? Both Isrealis and Palestinains could vote on so called "ROad maps" to peace.

Democracy and government are no synoyms and are almost contradictory. What the government wants and what the people want are in conflict many times. The US, the world's self-proclaimed leading democracy, has never had a nationwide referendum about any issue.

It seems that in instances when democracy would result in something other than what serves the purposes of the government, then the authorities side-step democratic procedures. They only permit the people to use their power when both results are acceptable to the government.

merde!

ego sum, ego sonido

2005-12-16T14:37:00.004-08:00

ego sum, ego sonido

I feast with Arabs in the sunlight during Ramadan

I smoke weed and listen to church bells ring

I dream in color- dreams that I forget

I defend the blacks from the whites and the whites from the blacks

I declare that God is One, There is no Allah but Allah and Mohamed is his Prophet and Jesus the Messiah.

I sleep under a rosario and when I awake I curse the hour

I have crossed the Rio Grande illegally in both directions and found both sides equally inviting and equally hostile

I never felt more American than when I was in Paris

I sat on the banks of the Seine discussing life with Brazilian-American and contemplated how many must have drowned themselves, first with wine and then in the river.

I have defended the hijab to Arab women and told Muslim women they should not feel obligated to wear it.

I have accepted Jesus by denying Christ

I have gained a little something by everyplace I have visited, but I have also left a piece of myself behind

I ate carne asada in the sombra of el cerro de la silla

I drank wine in the shadow of Notre Dame

I have swam in a stone quarry in Northeastern Ohio

I have driven the early hours north on 1-35 to Dallas

I have been assualted by food in Section 8 Indian apartment

I can smell tamales and curry at the same time in my own mind

I have ridden trains illegally to go downtown and taken African taxi cab back home

I treat everyone as equal because no one is better than me, and no one is worse.

Being a good host

2005-12-16T14:37:00.003-08:00

I realized that some people (usually of the fairer skin type) are terrible hosts. So I am setting out a set of rules that are for being a good host. (Note: if you are Hispanic, Indian, or Arab you probably have no need to read this because your parents taught you to be hospitable.)

1) Do not consider letting someone into your home a favor. You are fortunate to have guests. Especially if you invite someone over, then you have no place to pretend that they owe you something.

2) Greet your guests with a smile and an enthusiastic saludo. It not enough to just say "hey" and immediatly look away. It makes your guests feel unwelcome.

3) Do not eat or drink in front of your guests without offering them something. If you do not have enough to offer then you should refrain from eating or drinking while your guests are present. Going so far as to prohibit your guests from eating or drinking what you have is very rude.

4) Do not invite someone into your house and then leave them un-entertained as you partake in another activitiy, such as sleeping. If you must then politely say: "I am tired I have to sleep now. Thank you for visiting. See you tomorrow."

5) As a new person arrive to your house, introduce them to the others already present if they are not aquainted. This goes for many other situations too. There is a simply thing called empathy. You should realize that your guest will feel uncomfortable in your home if he/she does not know any of the other guests.

6) See-off your guests and make them feel as if they were welcome back any time, even if that isn't true!

Bombas Suicidas

2005-12-16T14:37:00.002-08:00

Suicide bombers: by far the boldest and most outrageous form of terrorism.

I recently saw the movie Paradise Now which is a fictional story about 2 Palestinian men chosen to be suicide bombers and the moral dilema that creates for them.

My state is thus: I see the act of suicide bombing, as all terroist acts, as an un-excusable act of violence which hurts all sides of an issue. However, those that carry out the acts demand a certain empathy. Anyone who is willing to sacrifice their life for a cause is certainly in a desperate situation... that doesn't excuse their actions but the issue is dynamic.

An intelligent person should be capable of judging a person on more than their actions.

Estados Unidos

2005-12-16T14:37:00.001-08:00

Los gringos no quieren tener otro Fidel Castro en America Latina, sino quieren un fidel castrado.

The U.S. doesn't want another Fidel Castro in Latin America, but they do want another fidel castrado (Spanish for loyal and castrated.)

Try this!

2005-12-16T14:37:00.000-08:00

Step 1- Take a normal cardboard box.

Step 2- Fill it with candy.

Step 3- Write on the box in arabic: "This is a box full of candy. Have some. Free Candy" and other similar phrases.

Step 4- Leave the box in a public space.

Step 5- Call me so I can bail you out of jail after you get arrested for making a bomb threat.

marjane

2005-05-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

Marjane Satrapi

2005-01-13T09:26:00.000-08:00

Marjane Satrapi es un novelista grafica, osea que escribe novelas parecidas a comics. Ella es de Iran pero ahora vive en Francia. Sus libros mas conocidos son Persepolis y Persepolis 2. El primero se trata de su ninhez en Iran durante los anhos 70 cuando el Shah era el lider del pais. Los padres de Marjane son revolucionarios y asi ella conoce las ideas y efectos de la politica de sus pais. La historia se enfoca en el punto de vista y identidad que la ninha Marjane tiene.

El conflicto de la histora es la revolucion que trayo los lideres islamicos al poder. Despues comienza la guerra entre Iran y Irak.

Persepolis 2 se trata del la adolescencia de Marjane. Viviendo en Austria, Marjane explora con drogas y con el amor. Al volver a Iran marjane encuentra un mundo muy diferente.

moes beautiful women

2004-12-21T19:37:00.000-08:00

Eva Mendes is very attractive.

Marjane Satrapi is also.

The word 'coger' is incoherent

2004-12-19T22:19:00.000-08:00

I read Rayuela, but it's in English called Hopscotch. I hunger to read the Spansih text but the copy at the biblioteca was ancient and impossible to read because the binding was shot.

I spend my time wasting it thinking of another bronze-skinned girl. I spend my pesos americanos on chocolate ( chocolatl in the language of the Aztecas ) and I have buyers remorse and a belly.

I am from Dallas, Texas. People here say I have an accent. I wonder if I have an archaic native accent that has since been over taken by the Okies and carpet-bagger that occupy the 'posh Dallas suburbs.' But my soft A's probably come from too much time in taquerias.

i can lie to people and say that I am from Belize. No one know what a Belizean looks like.

I am rather self-obseesed but I am an altruist.

Clesius 41.11

2004-10-24T11:51:00.000-07:00

movie page http://www.celsius4111.com/

Celsius 41.11
supposedly thats the tempature at which the brain beings to die, and thus that movie was meant for the brain-dead. Supposedly the movie refutes Micheal Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11 movie. If you see the promo poster for Celsius it makes a promise of being sort of humorous, but the movie is not entertaining at all.

I will admit that Fhrenheit 9-11 is a blatently biased movie, too much soreally. I will say that amongMicheal Moore's movies it is not the best, I think I might prefere all the other. However, you have to admit that the film is decently done... it is made in an entertaining way, and beyond that it brings up lots of important facts... yes facts. It is a FACT that the Bush family is highly connected to the Saudi royal family and the BIn LAden family. Is the Bin Laden family a family of terrorists?? no . . . Is the Saudi money in the Bush family and the US economy in and of it self a bad thing? no. Guess what, Micheal Mooore never says any of those things... his movie is good because it displays facts in an intersting way that makes your brain logically come to a conclusion. He doesn;t sit on screen and tell you his opion and expect you to beleive it.

This movie did... it had 4 or 5 guys and 2 o 3 women that narrated their opinos about Bush and the issues he has been invlolved with. They tell you that Arabs want to kill us, that the Iraq war has spread democary through the Middle East, Clinton was in love with Yassar Arrafat, violence is the only solution... they just say the things, there is no support for the arguments... ehh

The movie did bring up so intersting things about the Florida election- it claims that no voters were turned away at the polls... hard to believe.. is it a lie? and also some valid criticism of John Kerry.

but overall.. shitty movie

Used to be

2004-10-24T11:50:00.000-07:00

I used to be a poet
Writing line upon line
to pass the time
to express my mind
all for you
but not anymore

I am not the same

Wonderfunky

2004-10-12T17:14:00.000-07:00

You're wonderfunky.

Ever been in love? its really nice and really frightening. I have met someone that makes me beleive love is real, but sometimes I still doubt. What do I have to offer her? She is so wonderful... I am just me, just this strange fruit of life, rotting while trying to grow.

Falta

2004-09-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

Cometi una falta en el campo de juego de la vida
me hacen falta las cosas que nunca he tenido
La Ninhez
El Amor
La Felicidad

¿Te hago falta?
¿Te hace falta mi presencia?
Tu me haces falta
Aunque estes aqui presente
No te puedo tocar
No te puedo sentir
me hace Falta

Bastard

2004-09-13T23:24:00.000-07:00

I was born in Dallas, TX
In the fertile summer heat
As a bastard

Then I was reborn
And reborn
Reborn

Renewed

Born-again Christian
Born-again virgen.

I was fertilized by Mark Shepard
By Joe Stanco
By Todd Buckley
By Joey Darrell Cloudy
By Ricardo Garza
In the womb of all the girls
All the pinches viejas
And then given la luz
Ripped away
Always a bastard.

"Tight-ass Nigga"

2004-08-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

Light night I went to this crappy party and drank some. It was boring so I went outside. I starting talking to these people that stay in my dorm. There were mostly Ethiopian-Americans. After talking a bit this one guy, Marititab, probably the most 'americanized' one referred to me as a "tight-ass nigga." Thats so funny.

En Amor Arte

2004-08-27T16:18:00.000-07:00

Nunca me debo enamorar
para mi es una cosa muy vana
no sirve para nada
estar enamorado

Mi corazon sangra
ama y sangra

Mi mente se pone loca
mientras trata de entender
las mentiras
de las mujeres

Si tuviera motocicleta
yo seria mas chingon
pero no
no
no puedo ser mas que esto
soy mas chingon
mais legal
cool as shit
bad-ass

Y por que me estoy enloqueciendo
por una vieja?
porque necesito carinho
amor
amistad
compania
abrazos
y pensaba
creia
que ella me lo iba a dar

que estupido soy
que cerebro de verga tengo para pensar eso

quiero afectarle a una vieja
quiero darle alguna sensacion
pero no puedo
soy una fantasma
no soy la fuente de ninguna emocion

Enamorme es vano

Arlington sucks!

2004-08-24T15:17:00.000-07:00

I don;t like Arlington. There is no bus system. There are no cinemas (only movie theatres.) There is no mexican supermarket.

oh well
only 2 more years to go.

UTA

2004-08-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

Ahora estoy en UTA... no es Utah, el estado famoso por ser un desierto enorme con un lago de sal y muchos mormons, pero UTA (Universty of Texas at Arlington)

para que sepan Arlington es el hogar de Six Flags y de los Texas Rangers de beisbol pero ademas que eso Arlington no ofrece mucho. Esta cerca de Fort Worth y no hay mas que 30 millas entre el limite de Arlington y el de Dallas pero me siento tan lejos de casa.

Vivo ya en un dorm con un chamo llamado Jacob. El es buena onda me supongo pero nadie aqui partence ser gente como yo... gente rara, gente intelectual... no se.

pues ojala que todo salga bien y pos intento escribir aqui mas

chau
Andru

papiamentu 1

2004-07-31T19:35:00.000-07:00

I eat the fruit of your sweet tree
Ami kome e fruta di bo dushi palu

You drink the water of my salty sea
Abo bebe e awa di mi salu laman.

This is love
Esaki ta stima

For whoever still reads this

2004-07-31T00:17:00.000-07:00

For you:

La Iglesia Catolica me vale madre
Il Papa me vale madre
Este pais de idiotas me vale madre
El Presidente me vale madre

si me case con una virgen
me vale madre
si me muera un virgen
me vale madre

Pero tu me importas

The weather me vale madre
The National Football League me vale madre
If anyone will miss me when I am gone
me vale madre

Pero tu me importas

Britney Spears me vale madre
Kobe Bryant me vale madre
Micheal Jackson me vale madre

Pero tu me importas

Hola Galera

2004-06-04T10:44:00.000-07:00

Yo les mando saludos a todos que leen este blog. Yo ando trabajando muchas pero muchas horas durante la semana y asi no he podido poner poemas ni nada.
Espero poder poner unos mais este fin da semana.

Novedades: El fin passado yo recorded unas musicas avec mi tio. Una delas suena como flamenco mas o menos.. guitarra con estilo de Andalusia yo diria. No cante letras pero ya tengo en mi cerebro una cancion en English que se trata de trabajar mucho bajo el sol. Titulo "The Sun Returns"
Ademas tenemos una cancion cumbia-reggae-son que se llama Babylon Down. Creo poner las letras este fin y en cuanto yo sepa hacer lo, voy a poner las musicas aqui no blog.

Oh et yo pienso crear un cancion como mi poema "Vicio" com Hard Rock
ok.
tchau
Andru

Blessed We Stand

2004-05-29T16:27:00.000-07:00

War is never so Great
Pray for Afghanistan
Blessed we stand
God unite the World
Ojala que
Our sacred shopping malls
never feel fury
Like Italian villages WWII American bombs fall

The Fall of the Economy
is so bitter
I've alwayes liked Fall
but soon it's Winter
I want to smother myself
Drowning in Afghan blankets
with Love, skin, body heat
Forget the outside World
The air outside of ours
is not worth breathing

Blessed we stand
God unite the World
All the TV's say:
"America Stikes Back!"
Why not
"America Seeks Justice"?
I thought that was what it really was

Blessed we stand
God unite the World
America's time of crisis?
We're stil better off than anyone
look at Israel, Palestine, Bosnia, Sudan
Pray for them
They really need it
Pray for them
Some are barely eating

God bless Iraq
God bless Syria
God bless Afghanistan
They need it too
Curse the Taliban if you want
They'd curse you too
But pray for Afghan children
In the desert and the snow
with warplanes and soliders
They're worse-off

Blessed we Stand
God Unite the World

Vicio

2004-05-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

Vicio
Quiero ser tu vicio
tu hábito
tu adicción
tu obsesión
tu vicio

Quiero que me fumes
que me tomes
que me bebas
que me consumas
que me inyectes a tus venas
para que sea parte de tu sangre
para meterme al más hondo de tu corazón
para que cada célula de tu cuerpo
conozca mi sabor
mi afecto
la sensación que ofrezco

Ábreme como una botella
como una lata
como una cajetilla
quítame el plástico
Déjame darte placer
Déjame cambiarte
Gózame
soy puro gozo
soy puro
no hay mejor calidad

Permiteme ser tu afición
tu droga
tu vicio

Me respiras
Me inhalas y me exhalas
pero algo de mí
queda dentro de ti
Sigo en tus pulmones
sigo en tu sangre, tu corazón
Sigo en tu cerebro
y entro a tu alma
tu ser más profundo

Llegará un dia
Cuando dependerás de mi
Yo seré la primera cosa
en que pienses al despertar
La última cosa en que pienses
al dormir

Tu vicio
Yo seré tu vicio

Infinite Glory of Human Behavior

2004-05-21T17:05:00.000-07:00

Infinite Glory of Human Behavior:
Sex and Civilization

Elephant ivory tower of Babel

Babylon Empire State Building

Empire building

Winning hearts and minds

Losing our minds

Breaking our hearts

Hard times

End times

Out of time

Outer space

The final frontier

Frontier town

Border town

Cross the border

Clandestine

Illegal

Mojado

Wet

PCP

LSD

THC

Ecstasy

Hennessey

Tennessee Whiskey

Wishing for more

More time

More money

Monday morning traffic

Mourning the dead

Dead Sea Scrolls

Sea Change

Can you spare some change?

Spare parts

Spare tire

Tired of life

Life begins at birth

Life begins at conception

Get the concept?

Use a condom

Birth control

Remote control

Control the masses

Mass media

Mass transit

Sunday Mass

Mass murder

War

War on Drugs

War on Terror

Terrible conditions

Conditioned to hate

Hair conditioner

Air conditioner

Air pollution

SUV’s

Plasma TV’s

DVD’s

Mickey D’s

Diabetes

Kids who are obese

Kids who are starving

Capitalists carving up the pie

pi

E = mc 2

Who cares?

Who’s there?

Lock the door

Loch Ness monster

Lockheed Martin

Apache helicopters

Apache reservations

Poverty

Poverty line

Lines

Cues

Borders

Order

Civilization

Sombra

2004-05-20T20:27:00.000-07:00

Sombra

Siempre viviré en tu sombra
en tu estela
debajo de ti
atrás de ti

Nunca me miras
Nunca ves lo que tienes
lo que soy

Sabes
Yo eligo vivir en tu sombra
Soy grande
pero vivo en tu sombra

Porque te quiero
Porque te amo
Porque no sé nada sin ti

Fiebre

2004-05-20T15:12:00.000-07:00

I have a fever
37 grados
Flowers flores xochime
Growing out of my head
Ears steaming like a teapot

Intoxicated like cruda
but ill
invaded by some virus
el viro del nilo
bit by a mosquito
now doomed to die
poisoned blood

My tempature is high
the world melts below me
Time
Intangible time
Evaporates from my head
like ice water
heated by soulfire

My soul tries to escape my body
feeling death is near
but genial vida remains

La Virgen hangs
on my wall
Quieta unmoving

The heat that burns inside
burns outside too
100 degrees
The trees wilt in the heat
And blow in the Breeze
one like fiery breathe
Like exhaust from the muffler
of an old car

I feel my brain being broiled
and microwaved at the same time
my mind melted

Hot

Calor como caldo
Served en el tazon del Diablo
Hot like Guatemalan insanity peppers

I dream of relief
of a jacuzzi filled with ice water
Endless bowls of ice cream
but I fear
all would melt away
all would evaporate
in the heat
of me
of my fever

When Love

2004-05-19T13:42:00.000-07:00

When Love

When Love
Involves two people
But one is apathetic
Love is a disease

It is a sickness
That affects the mind
Your eating habits
Your sleep
And
There is no cure

Outsourcing

2004-05-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

Anoche en el BBC me daron la noticia que Sonia Gandhi es la nueva Prime Minister de India. Eso es algo raro porque la senhora Gandhi nacio y crecio en Italia. Entonces una italiana (con ciudadania indiana) es la lider de India.

Eso me hizo pensar en otra cosa; Tantos trabajos ya son 'outsourced'a India. Digo que muchos trabajos como contador, telemarketing, y programacion que antes eran hechos en USA ya son hecho por compania gringas por empleados en la India. Por ejemplo si tengo un problema con mi bil de telefono y llamo a la compania, no voy a hablar con nadie dentro de USA, voy a hablar con un indiano porque el cobra mucho menos que un gringo por hacer el mismo trabajo. OK.. ya con 'outsourcing" y con una lider de un pais que es de diferent nacionalidad, por que no hacemos un "outsource" con un muy importante trabajo: el del presidente. Un indiano seria presidente por mucho menos dinero que el que ya tenemos. De echo el que tenemos hoy esta acustumbrado a la vida de ricos. Un indiano seria nuestro presidente por salario minimo.

otro chiste:
en USA, donde una gran parte de la poblacion tiene apellidos espanoles, a lo mejor no habra un presidente con nombre hispano por muchos y muchos mas anos.

pero, en Mexico, donde casi todos tienen apellidos espanoles, el presidente tiene el apellido 'Fox.' No estoy seguro pero Fox me suena ingles o irlandes.. algo muy gringo... por que no es Zorra? Vicente Zorra.

entonces, Mexico ha tenido un presidente con apellido ingles antes de que USA ha tenido un presidente con nombre espanol.

Jorge Arbusto

Train Poem

2004-05-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

Midday magic on the Train

I am sitting still
while flying
50 mph 60 mph
Through the suburbs
through the ghettos
the subdivisions
the barrios
the commercial districts
Industrial warehouse zone
through parks green with trees

60 mph
Into Dallas
Behind the stores and banks
I am hidden
another urban nobody
One of the empty
expressionless faces on the train
I am going nowhere
to do nothing
no destination
no destiny
I just want to ride
relax and fly

70 mph 80 mph
Tunnel into the city
Nova Roma
Nuevo Tenochtitlan
Neomesopotamia
Babylon mother womb
40 mph 30 mph
Exit into the sunshine
cooled by the shadows
of the skyscrapers
where the city's secrets lie
Through the heart
Downtown The West End
Where old is reborn
Where rich walks past poor
where workplace meets with playland

Stop
I exit the train
and let everyone pass me by
Lights changing
Red & White
Trains coming and going
Blue & Red
back and forth
Westmoreland
Parker Road
Ledbetter
Downtown Garland

The track
X chromosome across the metroplex sex cell
Hundreds of miles of track
thousands of miles traveled daily

Thousands of passengers
business suit managers
underemployed janitors
women with their children
Lonely poets like me
Together in the train.

Poema

2004-05-12T14:06:00.000-07:00

USA
Tied-up by television cords
Sinking into the quicksand sofas
Trapped inside the idiot box
Wrapped-up in newspaper
like fish and chips
being consumed by media

USA
Where McArthyists don't know who McCarthy is
Where Marxists don't exist
Where intelligence is sabatoge
Where ideas are an endangered species

USA
We microwave our brains
and store them in the deep-freeze
next to our red meat and TV dinners

Bienvenidos

2004-05-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hola galera!

To Start off hay que saber al menos castellano y English para gozar este blog to the fullest. Encima seria buena idea saber algo de portugues y francais. Es que me sale util usar todos eses idomas para expresarme.

Me presento:
Soy Andru Lemon, les escribo desde Garland (G-town) un suburb of Dallas (Big Dirty) en el estado americano formally known as the Republic of Texas.

Yo soy poeta, musico, y revolucionario pero The Man (Big Brother) me tiene trabajando y estudiando como un buen gringo.

Este blog sera un lugar donde voy a poner mis poemas y si haya manera voy a meter mi musica tambien. Y me supongo que de vez en cuando se me van a escapar unas ideas locas sobre la politica y tambien unos dias voy a llegar aqui para decir mis mamadas existenciales.

entonces, gracias por venir y descuplame in advance:-D

tchau
Andru