I.

Chicanismo? you
ask. I do not understand
what the big deal is.

II.

I try, using my
Stanford and UCLA
degrees, and you shrug.

III.

Born in this great land,
but of Mexican parents,
two cultures beckon.

IV.

So, I say to you,
“Chicanismo” is a war
of two bloods in me.

V.

And I do not miss
the irony of using
Haiku to explain!