Looking at a Coyote

among thirty dusty men the only wet thing the mouth of the coyote is a mini zoo we are from many countries in which there are many coyotes 500 bucks and we’re off think about it is the shortest verse of a corrido a gila monster and a coyote are one a gila monster and a coyote and a gringo are one strewn bottles melt dirt the coyote’s tongue fills them we don’t know which to swat the coyote or the froth the mosquitoes or the flies gringos why do you see us illegal don’t you think we are the workers around you we speak different accents yours included and we know también the coyote is suspect of what we say when the coyote hears helicopters in Nike shoes he trots Arizona Nogales whores close their doors the coyote trots Arizona in Nike shoes the desert is still the coyote must be tired in his shadow he sees searchlights it’s day all night it’s dusting and it’s going to dust the coyote rests under yuccas