Fear And Loathing In Aztlán, 1984


In Texas they try La Llorona in absentia
for drowning her children,
they give her the death penalty,

they try La Malinche in absentia
for being a traitor to her people,
collaborating with Aquellos.

In some countries women can be
murdered, slaughtered, stoned
and quartered

if they dishonor the code of men.
La Llorona is tied to the gurney,
they administer the lethal injection

but she does not die,
La Malinche is tied to the gurney,
they administer the lethal injection

but she does not die. I’m a passenger
on Interstate 10 crossing Woman Hollering Creek
in Yolanda’s old, beat up car.