I want to break tradition <br />about latin machismo <br />having sex with every puta in sight <br />leaving behind nine million, billion children <br />scattered throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx <br />marrying the most humble, convenient wife <br />then cheating on her <br />beating her <br />whenever the gandules are too cold- <br />forget about the chuletas <br /> <br />I want to break tradition- <br />respecting elders que no me respetan <br />keeping in touch with distant relatives <br />that don't give a flying coño about me <br />because blood is supposed to be thicker than arroz con dulce <br />but you see, my friends are my family <br />because they love and accept mis locuras <br />and don't consider me <br />una desgracia de la familia <br /> <br />I want to break tradition- <br />distrusting all blancos <br />because they do not speak the language <br />or know how to dance salsa or merengue <br />Sin embargo, everyone on those telenovelas <br />has el pelo pintado rubio and green contacts <br />trying to be la nueva Rita Hayworth or Raquel Welch <br />adopting supremacist beliefs <br /> <br />I mean, when was the last time you saw a morena <br />playing anything other than the maid <br />on Canal 41 o 47? <br /> <br />I want to break tradition- <br />the mentiras my parents told me about <br />negros <br />chinos <br />gringos <br />maricónes <br />cachaperas <br />Smashing it against the ground <br />like coconuts <br />because mi tierra, mi patria es mi barrio <br />where our Spanish eyes are not blinded by prejuiciós <br />where la unica palabra that we do not understand <br />is hate <br />y que siga... <br />y que siga la tradicion <br />bajo la luna, maybe <br />pero no en el corazon<br /><br />Emanuel Xavier<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tradiciones/
