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By Jose Ramirez

I keep telling my mother

                          every day before I leave

                                           to go and paint the sidewalk

                                                                 a crimson red of crushed grapes

That she should not fear my death

                         For I will be back 

                                            In time

                                                      For savoring the revolution.

Jose Ramirez is the author of two chapbooks. He lives in Bakersfield, CA with a cohort of animals, kin, clan, and tribe.