I See
I see
through a different set of eyes today.
Wondering if I'll die
along my colleagues
this morning.
I see
through a different set of eyes today.
Wondering if I'll bleed out
next to the the people
at the gym
this evening.
I see through a pair of eyes today;
courtesy of . . .
Ayotzinapa
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 . . .
Torch
The torch was passed
"Did anyone catch that?"
on the floor
utterly ignored
"No, you pick it up."
Everyone too busy
updating their unsocial sites-
blind
to the diseases, the causes
yet everyone pauses
to upload that photograph.
Meanwhile they die, fight, cry.
And with the . . .