Notes on My Present: A Contrapuntal

With statements by President Donald Trump I write my body, as border between We have some bad hombres here this rock & the absence of water. & we’re going to get them out. I cut myself with a scimitar, When Mexico sends its people, as political documentation. they’re not sending their best. How do you write about the violence They’re not sending you. of every man you’ve ever loved? They’re sending people Macho, you that have lots of problems breathe bright in the neocolony, & they’re bringing those problems to us a problem of Empire pulling They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing the capitalist threads of my border. crime. They’re rapists. Empire: you were so sterile Mexico’s court system [is]corrupt. & shiny with your dead man’s coins I want nothing to do with Mexico & castration, your white roses other than to build an impenetrable & that trash bag full of a Mexican WALL & stop them from ripping woman’s dark hair. Empire: you off U.S. I love the Mexican people, made us hungry for the glint but Mexico is not our friend. of machismo, the dim glare They’re killing us at the border of marianismo. Tonight on TV, & they’re killing us on jobs & trade. muted montages of the largest FIGHT! Happy #CincodeMayo! ICE raid in Texas. I drink The best taco bowls are made pink champagne in a hotel bar, in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! & correct the pronunciation of   my name.