by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
THE MAN from THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICE
drives
an unmarked
VEHICLE (which does not say so)
slowly
through the streets
of sunny San Diego
like
a catcher of stray dogs,
looking for
People
who are
so described by THE AUTHORITIES (
on said subject matter)(
To Whom such a thing
would matter) of These
pretentiously un-
united states
of human conflict
of what is LEGAL,&
what is FAIR,&
JUST, what is Just?--
Ice!, Describes these people’s feelings
with whose lips they kiss their wives,
“GoodMorning!”
& go off
TO DO, THE DUTY they must DO
as THE HOLY
and UNLAWFUL
so prescribe, So....
They spend this day chasinG(&)CatchinGrown
MEN
in the Image of GOD
, Whom(
They say
)They represent.
It was one clear and sunny such San Diego day,
My Eyes
with me behind them,
had the sad misfortune
TO WITNESS UNTO GOD!
(It was not a lovely sight!
No, Not one --)
One would not have
wanted to have seen it for oneself:
THEIR VEHICLE was stopped at the corner of an indecent street
where crimes of daily indiscreet agree to meet, to transact life
with a sad and mundane fact,
waiTing....
for the light to change,
like a patient vehicle of unsuspecting
unimportance,
eXcept for the lives of its occupants(
all living in a slow, kind
of
hurry …
) :WHEN!
ALL-OF-A-MEAN, ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN!!!…
THE SIDE DOOR FLIES OPEN!!!
AND OUT RUNS THIS MAN--AT THE TOP OF HIS DESPERATE HEART'S SPEED!!!…
Like
a Kid !
.... just doing SomeThing, & he has to Run to do it!
WHEN / THEN!!!!!!…
TWO OTHER GROWN MEN--JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE VAN
& GIVE CHASE TO THE MAN, Down the street --
Just like Kids!!
.... having done SomeThing -- & just have to Run!!!
WHEN!!!
ONE MAN dives through the air....
This is Tense -- Not at all Not at ease!
And He tackles the Man, Running
like WE love to see in the Movies!
But This Is Not!
This is Real,
Life unfolding in a Drama!
And HE knocks Him down to the ground --
His face against the ground
like the sole of a very determined shoe
, instead
A Man and His Soul against the ground!
There is a terrible Fight!
:You really don’t want to see It! (Unless
of Course
You enjoy such sights, find in them
some delight
As a poet might be
condemned to do)
TWO GROWN MEN FIGHTING!!!
TWO GROWN MEN with their hands rolled into Fists!!!
THROWING THEIR FISTS against the Sea of Air (
striking Angels! & Demons!
the Wind!
the Breath of Life!.... )
Trying desperately To Kill!!!
Each Other off,
Full of HATE against Each Other --
For UnKnown Reasons
In This World?!
UnKnown To Them!
UnKnown To You!
Certainly
A Mystery to me!
WHEN / THEN!!! -- THE OTHER GROWN MAN Jumps in
(And HE’s against the Man
who started it
with His Running)
And, very quickly (in the heat of this day)
-- It’s all over between Them!
Together now, The Men drag the Man away, like heavy
L
U
G
G
A
G
E
And, THEY throw Him among
the Other Men,
Whom
THEY'VE betrayed as Men
ON THIS GOD-GIVEN DAY!!!....
WWWwwwweeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEElllllllllllLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
eeeeEEEEEEEEllllLLLLLllllLLLLLLLllllllLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I – FIND – MYSELF – WITH – MY – THROAT - FILLED!!!
WITH – MY – OWN - BLOOD --
YELLING
LET HIM GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
MotherFuuucccCCCCKKKK
EERRRR ERE RRRSS!!!RS
Let Him GOOOO !!!! OOOOOHH HHOOHHHO
OOHHOOOOOHH HH!!!!!!!!!…
And PeoPle
,milling around in their circles
in the street
below
Look uP to my window --
in their eYes
i could see thEm,
thinking;
“I AM
MAd!!!”
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