187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border by Juan Felipe Herrera. // I read this when he was the U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017). I had checked it out from @austinpubliclibrary but decided that I should go ahead and get my own copy so that I can really dig into it. Here's an excerpt from namesake the poem. Because someone made our IDs out of corn Because our border thirst is insatiable Because we're on peyote & Coca-Cola & Banamex Because it's Indian land stolen from our mothers Because we're too emotional when it comes to our mothers Because we've been doing it for over five hundred years already Because it's too easy to say "I am from here" Because Latin American petrochemical juice flows first Because what would we do in El Norte #juanfelipeherrera #postmodern #poetry #philosophy #literature (at Montopolis, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XkcCyHfZA/?igshid=1urpdf32oxqc1
