Construction

Inspired by Ruben Alvarado, El Paso Slam Poet from Chicago
He has presented for the first time at Tumblewords Project writing workshop.

The presentation has included the encouragement of natural free flow of writing

with Ruben's Spoen Word declamations and Hip Hop tracks. - 10 June 2010

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Construction's the function

since the day of my birth

384 moons later...

And this moon

shines on the site

and the site grows

it grows...

Machinery...

bull dosers and cranes

dig into our Mother

Earth

She's bare

and naked

alas -- alive

she remains...

As I walk

home

to work

to the coffee shop

museums

libraries

to work...

to work

I'm trying to get there

arrive...

Alarum -

Orange

Barrier -

Orange

The green light says 'yay'

the Orange cones

and yellow tape say 'nay'

But I am not astray

I know there's another way

to detour

the signs do say

As everything

in this vast life

changes

my direction

changes

learning

and relearning

the mind expanding

so do my lungs

expanding

As I inhale

breathing in

the Earth's scent...

in my neighborhood

of Sunset Heights

where...

The Sun and the Moon

do shine upon us

guiding new paths

around the city's refurbishing

El Paso

reconstructing...

Its historical...

Vintage

walkways

Old El Paso

Old Fort Bliss

the former

1920's China Town

Railroads

underground...

Oregon St.

And the construction grows

Alarum - orange

extends

And the nation comprehends

detouring

around and about

Montana...

Rio Grande...

Luna Grande...

shines upon us

shines upon

the naked desert

Earth...

where the alkies hang out...

pass by

slip 'em a nickel

or not at all

'cause they see you everyday

in your everyway

Yeah...

dressed in your brown skin

Earth skin...

bare feet

inside zapatos

still feel...

Her rugged

unlevelled

soil

walk down and up

the rugged path

when everyone sleeps...

and travel to another

world.

C. N. via KLR