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the man says his wife is brain dead her parents say no
estado vegetal dice español for vegetative state says the court(s)
y se desconecta el tubo de comer
anoche talking Rafael sobre como escribir en esta mezcla de lenguaje
well he understands both so atrevo hacerlo macaronico que se lee él
"me encanta como hablas el Spanglish, gringo" interupted my landlord metiche he can't let anyone talk without buttinsky and scream his demanding questions superstar primo don pero aún te quiero cabrón porque traes fuego en el alma nada insipida de eso no
"but who in the hell do you want
to read, gringo!?" He dared me not to lose myself in neither but nor
de perder ni uno u otro en este día cuando
China lanzó un hombre into space orbit anteayer o fue ayer no sé
y said they want la luna sí
oh sí
mientras tanto meanwhile al final del mundo at the end of the earth
it began as prose
ended up poem
The Dogs will eat what you give 'em . People, however, are much more proud .
You m.i. telus
16 OCT 2003
Tijuana, Baja California
Cornered last night & TV history
Six cop cars across the street
someone staggering
led by the neck
to the truck
of special forces .
"Raising his spear, I shot him at less
than a yard,"
Winston wrote .
The colonia is neighborhood the empire
measures and measures again two tongues
against briliant lights and waves
of workers
crossing and coming back
again ,
against brilliant waves of light blinding
workers crossing over coming back and again
and again
one is alone and unarmed
one may pardon
a surrender
Napoleon told him
an aggresive use of night and stick
and bullet and periodical page
brought dark vision glasses burnt red as
coals in the
city dirt .
Yellow stopsigns and red stoplights Dr. Seuss
rewrote for power outage apagón pues
come on in take a look two for one
free cover no cover no minimum on
what you buy or take
out from here .
"five to nine and nine to five
no one here gets out alive"
This ticket was bought and paid for .
You invited the voyage .
Winston, meanwhile, tried to force the Dardanelles
and Mcdonalds built No arch on Tijuana
downtown corner .
The Giant Ene N
with clock on wires
thrumming in the purple wind of over
written versemongery
that damn harp keeps on Twanging away
in this back room of my brain...
Six cop cars across the street
someone staggering
led by the neck
to the truck
of special forces .
"Raising his spear, I shot him at less
than a yard,"
Winston wrote .
The colonia is neighborhood the empire
measures and measures again two tongues
against briliant lights and waves
of workers
crossing and coming back
again ,
against brilliant waves of light blinding
workers crossing over coming back and again
and again
one is alone and unarmed
one may pardon
a surrender
Napoleon told him
an aggresive use of night and stick
and bullet and periodical page
brought dark vision glasses burnt red as
coals in the
city dirt .
Yellow stopsigns and red stoplights Dr. Seuss
rewrote for power outage apagón pues
come on in take a look two for one
free cover no cover no minimum on
what you buy or take
out from here .
"five to nine and nine to five
no one here gets out alive"
This ticket was bought and paid for .
You invited the voyage .
Winston, meanwhile, tried to force the Dardanelles
and Mcdonalds built No arch on Tijuana
downtown corner .
The Giant Ene N
with clock on wires
thrumming in the purple wind of over
written versemongery
that damn harp keeps on Twanging away
in this back room of my brain...
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