Turn life into wild flowers.
Scatter a profusion of colors
Earthen jars
Shattered, shards planted
In alluvial fields.
Flail your hand about
In a sack of seed;
Cast a handful up.
The wind knows what to do.

Armando Rendón

is originally from San Antonio, Texas, but now lives near Berkeley, California. A long-time writer on Chicano affairs, he recently launched an online literary magazine, Somos en escrito, dedicated to promoting and publishing Chicano and Latino writers in all genre. He can be reached at somossubmissions@gmail.com.

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