Poem: Occupied Los Angeles

In the weeks preceding 

The military occupation 

Of the city of Los Angeles 

On the city streets 

On burning asphalt 

An eagle 

Slay a snake 

During the military 

Occupation of the city of Los Angeles

El Tri flew over burning Waymo’s

Scooters and chipped pavement

Fell from overpasses 

Leaf blowers repelled smoke 

Back into the faces 

Of agents of the state 

Sometimes they were driven away

And that is historic 

And no one can take that away 

Sometimes people ran patrols 

Sometimes they warned of the raids

Crowds gathered 

Often times las senoras 

Led the way  

Sometimes the agents of the state

From horseback beat people with batons

Sometimes they snatched 

People from their homes, their jobs

Sometimes they destroyed families  

Sometimes they harassed 

High school graduations 

Sometimes they gassed children

They sent in the national guard 

They sent in the marines 

In times like these 

Sometimes we light a match 

In times like these 

Sometimes we wave a flag 

And the televised racists 

And the stay at home fascists  

Used it for a rallying cry 

Evidence 

A talking point

A political view 

Same people who had no issue 

With January 6th 

Confederates 

Or the flag bearing the face of one man

But I am through 

I am through 

Trying to make political points 

Pointing out the hypocrisy 

Of the so called conservative  

Cause if this life has taught me anything

It is this  

The people 

Least likely to acknowledge their own hypocrisy

Are hypocrites 

So instead 

At this time 

I will say this 

I am a proud son of Los Angeles 

And wherever I stand 

Is Mexican land 

Que viva Mexico