The Southampton Review

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Enough

You will never be enough.
Not Chicano enough.
Not Pocho enough.
Not Mexican enough. 
Not Latinx enough.
Not American enough. 
Not Californian enough.
Not Southern Californian enough.
Not LA County enough.
Not Orange County enough. 
Not enough of a whole entity. 
Not enough of a clear sky.
Not enough of a bottle of tequila.
Not enough of a slice of apple pie.
But you are everything and nothing—
all at once.
You are a modern Mariachi 
on a tangled road:
be vigilant. Exist.