I.
Chicanismo? you
ask. I do not understand
what the big deal is.
II.
I try, using my
Stanford and UCLA
degrees, and you shrug.
III.
Born in this great land,
but of Mexican parents,
two cultures beckon.
IV.
So, I say to you,
"Chicanismo" is a war
of two bloods in me.
V.
And I do not miss
the irony of using
Haiku to explain!
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