Chamaco Of Time And Space

Chamaco carries a pistola

and Sixties rolas

he’s got a computer chip

on his shoulder

he’s a lover

and a hater

he flaunts his talents

denies his shortcomings

you’d almost think

he’s human

but that’s the one thing

that most of us are not

Chamaco’s long shadow

against a building in an alley

Chamaco reaches

for his gun

bang bang

his cell phone rang

his wife was calling

reminding him to buy tortillas

Chamaco put the gun away

flagged down a cab

the moon was yellow

like urine

the stars

spoke Spanish

Chamaco’s mind

doubled in size...

by the time

he got home

he became human

for his wife

while on a far-off planet

anti-Chamaco exploded

into another and another

Big Bang