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Because our accent is unable to hide U.S. colonialism Because what will the Hispanik MBAs do Because our voice resembles La Llorona’s Because we are still voting Because the North is really South Because we can read about it in an ethnic prison Because Frida beat us to it Because U.S. & European Corporations would rather visit us first Because environmental U.S. industrial pollution suits our color Because of a new form of Overnight Mayan Anarchy Because there are enough farmworkers in California already Because we’re meant to usher a postmodern gloom into Mexico Because Nabisco, Exxon, & Union Carbide gave us Mal de Ojo Because every nacho chip can morph into a Mexican Wrestler Because it’s better to be rootless, unconscious, & rapeable Because we’re destined to have the “Go Back to Mexico” Blues Because of Pancho Villa’s hidden treasure in Chihuahua Because of Bogart’s hidden treasure in the sierra Madre Because we need more murals honoring our Indian Past Because we are really dark French Creoles in a Cantinflas costume Because of this Aztec reflex to sacrifice ourselves Because we couldn’t clean up hurricane Katrina Because of this Spanish penchant to be polite and aggressive Because we had a vision of Sor Juana in drag Because we smell of tamales soaked in Tequila Because we got hooked listening to Indian Jazz in Chiapas Because we’re still waiting to be cosmic Because our passport says we’re out of date Because our organ donor got lost in a Bingo game Because we got to learn English first & get in line & pay a little fee
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