¡Oh...es él!...Joe Jimenez / Novartis: No, no es él...

Gay Chicano Joe Jimenez writes beautiful poems. I felt almost hypnotized as I heard him speak recently at Stories Cafe in Echo Park. He had just arrived after a long trip from San Antonio– and yet his words exuded an air of tranquil confidence, bewitching in their casual rhythm. (Ver)


I could change shit for you.

Stay. Dig the meaty parts of your calves
Into my shoulder blades. Sigh.

Press your feet into my throat. I could make
Ovals in the sod. Endlessly. Irrevocable
impressions, tattoos and toes.



Hoy es Dia de inocentes...