Pachuco Style

I spent most of the rainy day weekend editing

But during a midday break I left the house to get some fresh air

Dropped off some books at the library 

and picked up some new ones

It's like a treasure hunt for me

when finding new reading material

And this time I found a nice little gem

I was digging thru the stacks and one book, small and buried,

stuck out: 

Vatos

A photography/poetry book

I flipped it open and my eyes landed on thick, black eyeliner - 

chola style

Yes! 

I brought it home

I loved the pictures in the book (photography by Jose Galvez)

Some of the pics were taken in Tucson, AZ 

at about the time I was 17 or 18 yrs old 

I can relate to a lot of the images

I don't really like poetry but with lines like:

"All the vatos - loving their menudo"

I couldn't help liking the poem in the book (Luis Alberto Urrea)

Not sure how it is that I had never heard of this

book, but I'm glad I found it.