And I'll Take Out Your Eyes Asian American & Pacific Islander there was the AIDS pandemic

there was the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and 1990s

which drew African American and Latino gay and transgender communities to compete against one another for their dancing skills

Those who went without flesh quickly became feral

I am the Most Dangerous Thing doesn't just use poetry to comment on life and history

And I'll Take Out Your Eyes Asian American & Pacific Islander there was the AIDS pandemicBy: A. M. Sosa Cra cuervos y te sacaran los ojos: Raise crows and theyll take out your eyes. Since the age of seven, Christian has been under the thumb of a curse. He reads its dark signs everywhere: in his bedridden mothers wilting plants; in his brothers estrangement; in his fathers eager fists and glassy stare. He reads it in his nightmares, in Stocktons soundtrack of sirens and gunshot. Above all, he reads the curse in the mirror, watching himself