Hoy Sembraron a José  Montoya (General of the RCAF)

  © by Nephtalí  De León

hoy sembraron

a José Montoya

pilot on a mission

dropping bombs

of rebel art

in the barrios

of Aztlan

he’d show up

in any town

with his crazy

beat up hat

non-traditonal

tandito

sideways

on his head

daring dreamers

childish grin

join the bola

carambola

of the pilots

on a mission

for the daring

cool commission

of the famed

RCAF

Royal Chicano

Air Force !

veterano

sharp Chicano

cool pachuco

school  degreed

mental wizard

like the time

someone dropped names

like Américo Parédes

and Montoya just shot back

with a pistol in his hand ?

or the time we were in Milwas

a Chicano killed a Rican

just before we hit Milwaukee

and we thought that

Canto al Pueblo

would have all kinds of escupes

like a wild wild west a’banging

and the bloods demand a hanging !

or the time we were in Lubbock

vanguard of Chicano Lit

tripping with Raúl Tapón Salinas

Abelardo and Tigre Pérez

friendly lion Ricardo Sánchez

and José Antonio Burciaga

looking for a place to sit

on the shrinking

ample floor

looking for a plate

of fiery hot rancheros

in my two room

tiny shack !

Lubbock Eleven!

cried Montoya

wowing

West Texas breed

who in turn

wowed him

right back !

sure enough

we founded RAYAS

Revolución Artística

Y Acción Social !

never got us anywhere

we were too drunk

and too tied up

everyone flying a mission

parachuting without planes !

hoy sembraron

a José Montoya

y los ángeles arriba

put on garras

neatly pressed

crying wildly

ahí viene !

first class !

Pachuco Express

trucha!  va ´ver pedo !

hide the gachos

and gabachos

he likes names

call Mutt and Jeff

it’s the General

of the RCAF !