Tag: humor
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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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Jonathan Moya vs Jonathan Moya
Jonathan Moya vs. Jonathan MoyaI know this will happen one day—I walk into a diner with my wife,during the Costa Rican stopoverof our South American cruise.The waiter says, “Table for Moya?”I say, “Yes.”Another man stands up.He says, “Si, aqui.”We stare at each other.Same first name.Same last name.Same spelling.He has two middle names.I have just one.Different…
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Chihuaha of the Manor
Aye, I am Chihuahua! Canis familiaris! Land piranha, heir to Aztec dreams, nipping at heels that dare invade my kingdom. I am Queen Sharma, noble warrior reborn, small but mighty, heart bursting with pride. My eyes bulge with fiery determination, my joints tremble as the post-alus carrier-alopulus approaches, skies on his shoulders, ivory crowning his…
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My Jesus Hour in a Taco Bell
I feel at home at Taco Bell, as the cuisine echoes the worst of my mom’s cooking: cheese that tastes like beans, beans that taste like rice, rice that tastes like flour.It’s where I go when I am missing someone, usually near their Jesus’ hour, between the last sip of a lunch hour Pepsi and…