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“You Are Not a Ghost Town”

You Are Not a Ghost Town

 

Boom-bang despierta despierta

high peaks rascacielos

stores money money money clubs

Human misery miseria

You seduced me with your fast-paced walk

Horny greedy motherfucker my love mi amor

 

Times Square dirty pretzels overpriced everything carajo

Gazillion restaurants fresh coconuts en las bodegas

Italy in the Bronx Puerto Ricans con su guaguanco

Living in the streets while celebrities pretend to hide their diamonds glittering

United Nations in the house while the South Bronx was burning down

What Now?

 

Horny greedy motherfucker mi amor my love

Your dirty streets from Broadway to 125

The New York Times howling at El Diario la Prensa

Nueva Yol

You’re bleeding now

Don’t cry for me yo soy New York Tu eres Mi Nuyol los 5 Boroughs y en control.

 

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Carmen Bardeguez-Brown

Carmen Bardeguez-Brown is a poet and educator from Puerto Rico. In the early 1990s she joined the Spoken Word poetry scene at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She has published several books of poetry her work is included in several anthologies. @bardeguezbrown.

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