¡Votar! Election Season!

A middle-aged Latina is waiting in line to vote.

Nowhere near a monolithic voter

No more than any othered culture

Latinos come in all shades of

Repubs and ah, those Dems, and

What about that third party

That year went to Tío Bernie

It all depends on where you're from

De que país eres tus padres?

What kind of president

Did they leave behind?

Did you grow up with?

¡Y qué sorpresa!

Miami remains blindfolded

To the children separated

At the border--they are safe

They got in and established.

Bush got it right with Elián

Gore got el voto castigo

Look to New Mexico, Latinos

Coming out, polling high

We're here! ¡La Ola Azul!

Teal currents crush crimson tides

The pundits and pollsters

Mulling over millions of

Latino-influenced influencers-

But only every four years?

Because we only count on

An election season? They know

Nothing about cómo pensamos

De mucha manera diferente

From each other, since we

Aren't monolithic in thought

But echoing whence we came

© Andrea González, October 2024