5 JUNE WORLD OF INCONSISTENCY
THE DOW PLOWS UPWARDS 700 POINTS
WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE BECOMES A FORTRESS
PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE FANS ACROSS THE SQUARE
WASHINGTONIANS WHO WANNABE IN WESTERNS DOMINATING DC
TWO METRES BETWEEN THEM
SAME DISTANCE AS MYTH FROM REALITY
FATALITY RATES STILL RISING DOWN MEXICO WAY
THE FAMOUS WALL IS BREACHED BEFORE IT’S BUILT
SOUTH OF THE BORDER FACTORY WORKERS ARE WALLED IN TO FULFILLING AMERICAN CONTRACTS
FRUITS OF YOUR LABOUR MUST ENTER THE PROMISED LAND NOT YOU ESPECIALLY NOT NOW
IN BORDER TOWNS LIKE JUAREZ THE TENSIONS OF TRANSITION TURNED INTO MURDER OF WOMEN
NORTHERN ANOMALY’S NO LESS VIOLENT OR ABSURD
SO MANY VENTILATORS TO KEEP PEOPLE BREATHING
NEXT DAY SQUEEZING THE LIFE OUT
COLLAPSING THE BELLOWS NO MATTER HOW HE YELLS
WISHING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES COULD ALL BE ALIGNED
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