I read Richard Rodriguez carefully
What he does with italics!
Sacramento days
San Francisco nights

Eastway was a nightmare
Students savages
Ignorant attention
Relentless racial fights

Never been to Quito
Never been to Lima
Never been to Rio
But someday my sons just might

Cortez was a killer
Pizarro was one too
The Dead hide in Zero
Do the Dead delight?

         Brown. Not white.