Tag: absurdity
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El Yunge: A Famiy Outing- A Tale of Terror
About El Yunque I wanted to write a comic horror poem that stages ecological violence as ritual spectacle. The genesis came from imagining a family trip gone wrong—not through sentiment or tragedy, but through infestation, bureaucracy, and the refusal of metaphor. The rainforest becomes a machine of consequence, where mosquitoes chant zvuv and frogs fall…
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Aftermath
Aftermath The crash happens, and then everything waits. The tow truck arrives—sleek and gleaming, its midnight-black paint absorbing the streetlights in a perfect, polished hush. It is not a wrecker—it is a machine with purpose, its curved chassis hugging the ground like a race car— the quiet arrogance of a predator. The hydraulic arm unfolds…