Para—Francisco
X. Alarcón
Francisco is smiling
though he is bleeding inside
around him songs and flowers bloom
outside a colibri hums
an amaranth in the middle of 24th street
spreads its seeds
Francisco (Xochipilli)
con corazón de vida
in his hands
is smiling
in his hands
is smiling
Alejandro Murguía is the author of Stray Poems, City Lights Books, and is
the Sixth San Francisco Poet Laureate and the first Latino to hold the post.
He is also a Professor in Latina/Latino Studies at San Francisco State
University. *Tribute for Francisco X. Alarcón
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