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...BEAUTIFUL WORDS to RAISE the ESTEEM of my people...


No soy NINGUN “María” del barrio. ‘Como una flor-‘Con tanto amor’ Ni una luna negra. Soy la celosa estrella aguantando a mi bandera-a veces solita; Escucha mi voz en la canción de la escasez; Las aguas sucias del barrio es la ropa de mi cuerpo. Mi cara-carácter-cuerpo y alma consisten de piedras duros y feas; Soy la reina sin rey del Bronx hasta Los Ángeles, Soy el sol del Caribe, porque ‘El Norte’ no existe, I jay walk the moonwalk to Tito Puente’s “Beat It” Remix In the Real Gangsta’s Paradise. Sin Madre, Sin Padre My sassiness is the beauty of the BROWNBRICKEDBRONXRIVERPROJECTSBROWNBRICKEDBRONXRIVERPROJECTSBROWNBRICKEDBRONXRIVERPROJECTSBROWNBRICKEDBROWNRIVERPROJECTSBROWNBIBACIOUSBLETHERSKATEBORROWEDBLACKBLUEBRUISEDBREACHEDBLOODIEDBOUNDBANKRUPTBASTARDBAVIANBUTBRIGHTBILINGUALBEAUTIFULBIGBUTTBELDAMBOUNTIFULBACULUMBRIDGEBUILDERBEATBOXERBAISEMAINBAPTIZEDBASILICABENEFICENTBESTBIBLIOMANIACBOANERGESBOUSTROPHEDONBERSATRIXBELLWETHERBEATABECOMINGBRUNNEOUSBRONXBORICUA(_____________________AYUDEME A LLENAR_ _____________________________________). my hamartia is not enough…BEAUTIFUL WORDS…to undo an english mess. my hamartia-is-not-enough-to-undo-an-english-mess. …BEAUTIFUL WORDS… “…BEAUTIFUL WORDS…” EVELYN BATISTA 10.02.12 For my Father
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ebatista

I welcome all of your comments. I am a Bronx bred street poet bound for law school.

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jwiener
It's so cool that you used more than one language in this poem, because it really shows who you are. Many people who are born into more than one race or nationality are not comfortable, but by reading poems like this, they can be inspired to have confidence!

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