Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras

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DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOCATE ABUELA

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E
D *
H
M
N
F
G
K
C
I
B
A
L
J

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J. tell the peak of each outline you will zigzag
into recycled mosaics of chanclas to gravity Abuela’s song
L. walk the valley of each sun god
A. stay & seek travel permits
south of the worldview rain god
B. deport yourself to Abuela & sow a path
I. angle walk the gods there Zapoteco will sing
C. if they ask for an exchange
tornado vector the pyramid upside down
K. toss until you tumble weed west & east
G. travel through moutains to weave a sharp turn
F. plot a ritual or hike the apex
N. sand dance to reach the moon god
canyon of dunes
M. slope the valley of the nebulous
goddess until you’re waxed downhill
H. plateau to bring back Abuela &
locate southern celestial whisper
D. as your life collapses
summit into the milky way
E. divide into billions of clouds
when you reach primordial hemisphere
*twist immigrant god
the fittest indigenous equator
sinks under seven continents

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20° W 160° E
21° 15′ 34.7652″ N 86° 45′ 5.1624″ W
16° 32′ N 96° 40′ W
0° 12′ 32.2056″ S 78° 30′ 27.9036″ W
36° 15′ 57.7188″ N 112° 21′ 49.7088″ W
27° 59′ 9.8340″ N 86° 55′ 21.4428″ E
16° 34′ 02″ N 96° 43′ 51″ W
30° 26′ 17.74″ N 84°16′ 50.63″ W
17° 2′ 38″ N 96° 46′ 4″ W
31° 51′ 0.2952″ N 111° 51′ 24.6852″ W
31° 58′ 6.9564″ N 99° 54′ 6.516″ W
34° 3′ 8.046″ N 118° 14′ 37.2588″ W
36° 44′ 16.0692″ N 119° 47′ 13.65″ W
38° 54′ 25.8912″ N 77° 2′ 12.7428″ W

[TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT]
no olvides de donde vienes

cuando lanzas una pluma, terminas con dos alas

sometimes, you forget you’re not American

[MIDDLE, LEFT TO RIGHT]
acirémA
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I split multiple versions of reality
I’m always in the midst of migration

[center text]
crossing the blur
sleepingborder
sleepinggrief

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‘mother’ ‘aunts’ ‘rooms’ deja vu manifests

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America

[BOTTOM]
when I close my eyes, it’s a wide space a white place
I remember friction motion bright elements swirling the sand