Six 17 Syllable Portraits
by Adriana Sánchez Alexander
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I.
Skips bird-like
next to her husband,
matching outfits at the Alamo.
II.
Este Elvis adjusts his collar –
thin hair yet rallies to pompadour –
orders migas.
III.
Large round woman,
red flowered dress,
dances to norteño dreams of home.
IV.
Bunkhouse man walks;
right foot lifts as though pulled by string,
knotted at the sole.
V.
Bus stop –
seventeen year old girl waits,
a man's name tattooed on her neck.
VI.
Boss parks his pickup,
blows smoke out the window
while brown men dig close by.
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