Sunday 12 April 2015

Deus Ex Machina



Lewis' severed head speaks
On an array of fifteen-inch screens
Digital GOD save us from the inconvenient
Truths of our lives
The mangled wires we hold inside
The trillions of dollars on an F-35
That promises we'll all get to sleep tonight.

Sunday 5 April 2015

Cayalá



Creating a perfect world.

Intentionally left off the bus routes
There are no sidewalks to reach
The white city.
Only the carred, with their magic flying
Machines, can ascend its heights.

A coffee shop, the meat market, the Cinépolis
They even had Justin Bieber play a show
A church at the end of the street.
Cameras keeping you safe.
There are men with shotguns at the gate.

Down the hill in the ravine is La Limonada
Gangs with knives and pistols and machetes
Decide who enters
Families of seven sleep on dirt floors and
Use old signage for two walls and roofing.
The meat market would refer to the sex trade.
The river is a garbage-strewn public sewage drain.

The screen shows people smiling, families walking in walled-off parks
Sitting on the steps, business-people with Starbucks who never have to leave
Their castle in the foamed clouds.

Creating a perfect world.
For anybody who has the money,
And can shut their eyes to sleep.