Attitude Era #1: Latino Heat

(For Eddie Guerrero)
 
“Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-
die, Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-die”
 
Only you could do that, like
jumping off the top rope. Frog
splashing opponents fiercely
rolling around in your low
rider coming out in style.
You lied, you cheated, you stole
my heart. I feel in love with that
Latino charm. The way you
roped walked across the top,
your tilt-a-whirl swirled me as
it did your adversaries. The Sun
set when you flipped the power
bomb then BOOM! Backs broken,
sweat on the mat from the splats
del primero amigo, proximo
el Segundo arrives, finalmente
tercero comes. El tres amigos estan aqui.
One of your favorite moves, a crowd
pleaser too. Suplex makes the fans
raise hell. Bodies locked kneed and
focused on you. As we yelled 1, 2, 3,
at the T.V. screen or in person,
you marched on after victory to any
wrestler’s favorite song...
 
 
“Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-
die, Ed-die, Ed-die, Ed-die”   


BIO:
Lester Batiste is a savage writer living in color who writes for political, social, economic change and Black futures. Lester writes to create a world in which all bodies can inscribe/ describe themselves authentically. Lester currently teaches English literature classes at an independent high school in Minneapolis, MN