A San Antonio poem for National Poetry Month
Catch up quick: Vega wrote the poem for Centro San Antonio earlier this month.
"Let's two-step to our hearts' desires, chancla dance to our souls' content.
Wear that guayabera with Penner's pride and dale shine and go to the Alameda, mark time at Market Square. Make it a year-round Fiesta con mariachis and marching bands and floats that have to actually float.
So kiss me in downtown Christmas lights, hug me with your Wembanyama arms, sing to me in George Strait melodies and dance cumbias to Flaco's accordion.
San Antonio, I love you. Be my barbacoa, and I will be your Big Red because we're a match made in heaven, a match made here, a match to light up Civic Park on a New Year's Eve countdown."
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