You don’t know
about the fifth of May
do you?
I didn’t.
You think your freedom was
earned only by
you,
your freedom
yes.
El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla.
Next time you want to talk about
“them Mexicans”,
well sir
don’t.
Without them Mexicans at Puebla
King is a slave
Michael Jordan never plays basketball,
and we fat Americans are more racist than we already are.
Without them Mexicans at Puebla
we’re not here talking about
freedom.
On Cinco De Mayo
you
call your Mexican friends
you
find one.
Viva Mexico!
 
david michael jackson April 20, 2012 editors@artvilla.com
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This is my El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla poem this year. It is harsh on a day which is to be celebrated. In some ways the poet is sorry but it needed saying. Without this battle the south might have won the civil war. Those words alone should make all Americans from Alaska to Argentina rejoice on this day.
Happy Cinco De Mayo everybody!
