Dear Cereza
I get stuck in your hair now and again to remind you of when you found me long after the festival was over, how you washed me down with basin water and asked if our blossoming could sync.
Oswaldo Vargas
Oswaldo Vargas is a former farm worker and student who just recently graduated from the University of California, Davis, where he studied history, human rights, and Jewish studies. Previous publications include Assaracus: a Journal of Gay Poetry, Huizache, and Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color. He lives in Davis, California.