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Turning in your grave
i am wearing a
C�sar Ch�vez t-shirt
driving a car with
C�sar Ch�vez stickers
on C�sar Ch�vez boulevard
passing by
C�sar Ch�vez school
on C�sar Ch�vez day
hearing
C�sar Ch�vez commercials
on the local radio
and seeing
C�sar Ch�vez billboards
announcing a
C�sar Ch�vez march
sponsored by multi-national
corporations
wondering
if
we praise you
or curse you
when farm-workers
are still underpaid
under-appreciated
when immigrants
are scapegoated
when nothing you stood for
is respected
are you being praised
or institutionalized?
are you getting your due
or being silenced
into a catch phrase
porqu�
�S� se puede�
�olvidar la opresi�n�
�S� se puede�
�convertirte�
into an icon
and forget that
your ideas were never followed
and still aren�t today
so i assume you�d rather me not
wear a C�sar Ch�vez shirt
driving a car with C�sar Ch�vez stickers
on C�sar Ch�vez boulevard
as i pass by
C�sar Ch�vez school
on C�sar Ch�vez day
but rather
honor you with
justice fairwages
equality and not just
trophies
street names and
crumbs
perdonanos C�sar
i hope you�ll soon stop
turning in your grave
c�sar a. cruz � teolol
2002
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