Buildings like esqueletos
block the Aztec sun—as I stand
over earth & wire
as roots.
Esqueletos [skeletons]
Frida Kahlo is known for her self-portraits, and here she holds a Mexican flag made of papel picado [cut paper] looking south on the U.S.-Mexican border. Kahlo was married for a time to Mexican muralist painter Diego Rivera, who was commissioned to paint extensive murals in cities across the U.S. Kahlo didn’t feel at home in the United States, and was upset by the industrialism she saw in cities such as Detroit and New York.
After “Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States” by Frida Kahlo (Mexico). 1932.
March 8, 2017
