chile cebolla y tomate
i pledge allegiance to mi patria
one nation under oh my god
they have our babies locked in cages
on cesar chavez boulevard
i pledge allegiance to mi raza
with liberty and justice for all my homegirls
& the lady with her baby strapped to her chest
selling chicle at the intersection
By Julianna Salinas
Biography:
Julianna Salinas is a Texas-born Mexican-American poet and nonfiction writer based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College, where she was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets University and College Poetry Prize and the Louis B. Goodman Creative Writing Award.