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Ayotzinapa

Connie Oz –

The cubicle jockey job is only a cover. Writer of poems, observations, and short stories.

December 27, 2014

Ayotzinapa
the word didn't fit in my mouth,
the crime still doesn't fit in my head.
Mexico gagging
projectile vomiting
the black night's heartless sin.
Now in the sun of the Aztec
the world sees the government's
terminal inadequacies.
Money, greed, privilege, all status quo,
pero la . . .

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