Poetry

May 15, 2017 Poetry , POETRY / FICTION

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By

Alejandro Escudé

 

 

Fancy Bear

 

 

we sit in quiet cafes our laptops gravestones

 

zeroes and ones a fiberoptic rope

 

to hang us on the shores of Styx

 

 

every college degree a spelling degree

 

every affordable car a lemon with another logo

 

a digital box to type in one’s password

 

because you can’t be sure what was released

 

 

into the world’s mesh on camera you see the woman

 

step up to the dock’s edge you hear the gun-toting teen

 

call the police to report a gun and the Russians

 

 

you know they listen and we can all sense

 

the death of politics the way it sneers

 

too far left or right how there’s no way

 

 

to write the word internet without sounding ancient

 

but it’s too late to learn Python Java or Go

 

to pursue Fancy Bear with its red candy suit

 

 

and its viral songs electric claws ready

 

to bite into your chest bash your skull in

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alejandro Escudé

Alejandro Escudé

Alejandro Escudé’s first book of poems, My Earthbound Eye, was published in September 2013. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from UC Davis and teaches English. Originally from Argentina, Alejandro lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

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