Mexicans Appear Violent

One can’t be for certain
Yet history does reveal some truth
That no matter how nice they act
Mexicans appear violent

Is it because they lost their great cities
To Anglo-European conquistadors?
Is it because they were forced
Into a religion that made them awkward?

Is it because after reclaiming their land
The Anglo-Americans came to take half of it?
Is it because after the Americans did that
They also made promises they never intended to keep?

Like the promises they made
With the Mexican’s red cousins?
Is it because the Alamo never likes
To claim the Mexicans on her side?

Is it because Mexicans are feared foreign
Dirty vagrants in any culture?
Is it because more than enough of them
Are incarcerated or wrongly accused?

Or is it because others don’t know any better?
Or undermine the history of brown culture?
Of course one can’t be sure
As to why they appear so violent

Yet throw them beer and chicharones
To keep them busy and plum fat happy
Then somehow, in some fantastical way
Appearances might be the least of your worries

by Juan M. Perez
www.juanmperez.com