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STREET SOL: WORDS SPOKEN
BY ENERI RODRIGUEZ &
ELENA VELASQUEZ
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excerpt from Scars That Remind by Elena Velasquez
I remember the first lunares I scratched
but I didn’t understand why until many years later,
when I looked at the scars
and wished I could scratch them back in.
They were the same lunares I saw in pictures of my ancestors’ faces.
Did my ancestors feel the hateful ripping of my skin?
Were they angry?
Did they all stare down and believe I was a pocha ingrata?
…….
excerpt from The Vacuum that She Vomits by Elena Velasquez
Clouds billow down the hall,
the deep sound of vomit falls
and covers stalls.
Pipelines clog
with colored spit
sits in the toilet
and flushes her body,
while she sinks her mind
into self-help books
in hopes they will heal her.
As the tunes get louder
she gets weaker,
…….
excerpt from If only I could Devour you by Elena Velasquez
In my shelter of silence, where there is only wind, I want to devour you, swallow you whole, want to rest my face in your neck like it were a hammock, want your arms around my back, want us face to face, want the messy invitation of your tongue, want our curves in movement to shut the lights off, want your hands to shape my breasts as rough sculptors do, want my legs to climb around your back, barefoot and sliding across, want to…..
Poetry Slam at Southwestern College
Street Sol Collective performs at Southwestern College poetry slam - May 9th, 2008, San Diego, CA.