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Albuquerque, NM

Red or Green? Rojo o Verde?

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Califas - 07/2025

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El depa de Berkeley- Summer 2023

At the cusp where North Oakland meets Berkeley stood a pastel, peachy-pink shoe box of a building. Its pink stucco walls reminded me of the house that held my earliest memories in Mexico— the home where my father eventually retired. That whimsical Dingbat apartment on King Street became my home during the summer of 2023.

I managed to save enough money to fund a new experience for myself, savoring the sweet taste of flight. When the acceptance email from Ashley arrived, I didn't think twice. I packed my belongings into a single suitcase and headed west.

In the early daylight hours of morning, I woke to the sounds of early risers pedaling down King Street. Sunlight shimmered through the east-facing windows of my third-floor bedroom. Weekends were spent tracing the quiet residential streets of Berkeley and frequenting the Ashby BART stop to move between Bay cities.


What were you up to at 23?

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ese año,
la estrella más brillante en la constelación Canis Major fue apagandose

Trataba de absolverme de esa narrativa mártir, a una identidad con la que fue infligida y nunca eleji identificarme.

para absolverme de esa cicatris, perfore un hoyo en la tierra,
Y escondiendo allí el diario de Berkeley.

Recargue las energías para salir del hoyo
soldando una escalera
escapando del abismo


La Loma

12/2023

Le pedi que me llevara hasta la sima,

donde se cosecha camote y vive el Pochote

Dejamos atrás las calles pavimentadas de cemento para entrar a los pulmones de los cerros

Saludamos a los ejidos, a las cabañas de madera y casas moldeadas en adobe

El Jeep dio paso a senderos desconocidos

Al llegar a la loma, el sol mañanero se estiraba detrás de los cerros

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