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by Freddy Gutierrez
one of the first things we learn to do
is move
its what we do
movement is embedded in our existence
strung on the chords of our DNA songs of resilience
SO AS WE EXIST
WE MOVE
SO WE CAN EXIST
and the people moved
see how they liberated their bodies from structure
codifying migration techniques
in what can be identified
as stylistic individuality
creating their own language
bodyrock talk
mountain top vernacular
not speaking the king's GMO tongue
for their roots are grounded points of view
achievements of existence that branch out
stemming from philosophical shifts
moving in a way that moves us
so move out our way
move out the way
for we have always been a people of movement
since our pigment was one and the same
choreography the color of rubber and leather
on the tap dancing
huarachando
feet of a young child
bound on the balls that balance
bouncing crossing
an imaginary line in the sand
off the banks of El Rio Grande
or the West Bank
or the Mississippi
the people don’t dance for pennies,
never to reinforce borders
they dance they move
for movement is at the core of our universe
contracting
expansions of biological oratorio
the people move to dance personal expression
with a vocabulary of gestures
ushering urgency for an American dream beyond the currency
the people move
like barefoot tribes
with the names of our lineage lining
the souls of self sacrifice
the Rite of Spring
the people moved
before dance became acceptable in proper society
before they wanted our arms to pick their cotton
pull their weeds
and gather harvest that we planted
the people moved
presenting point of views
cultivating a world of hues
always reflecting the contemporary climate
the people moved
as an amalgam of who they descended from
with movement initiated with emotion
expressively from our own drive
and desire for a higher standard of living
for a safe place to make their children a true face
as sons and daughters
of marginalized migrant mothers and fathers
the adepts of motion,
this friday we'll move
with the moves they taught us
mobilizing the community
for this country has an ambivalent relationship to the body
motion sickness
but little do they know
that the only cure is to keep moving
and so
we MOVE
WE MOVE
WE MOVE
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