The Hunger

Written: May 26th, 2020

SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA A COP IS SITTING DOWN FOR A MEAL

FINGER ON THE TRIGGER AS CUMBIA BLASTS FROM AN AUTOMOBILE

HE’LL PURPOSELY SAY THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE RUINING THE COUNTRY

WITH THE SAME MOUTH THAT EATS FROM TACO TRUCKS WHEN HE’S FEELING HUNGRY

‘CAUSE WHEN HE GOES HOME HE CAN TAKE OFF HIS UNIFORM,

BUT I CAN NEVER TAKE OFF THE SKIN THAT THEY SO DESPERATELY WANT TO CONFORM.

DID YOU KNOW THAT AMERICAN PROGRESS IS

STITCHED INTO THE CONCEPT OF MANIFEST DESTINY?

THAT IT’S ULTIMATELY THE HUNGER FOR

 EXPANSION THAT MAKES US THE ENEMY

OR IS IT AN EVOLUTION OF LIONS CLAIMING THEIR PREY, 

SIMILAR TO HOW COLONIZERS SLAUGHTER BEFORE THEY PRAY

YOU SEE I DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW KILLING NATIVES

OR MINORITIES FACTORS INTO RELIGION,

BUT IF ALL THE PAINTINGS OF GOD DEPICT A WHITE MAN,

THEN SURELY THEY’RE JUST FOLLOWING TRADITION. 

IT MIMICS THE NARRATIVE OF THE SPANISH CONQUISTADOR

WHOSE PLANS FOR CONVERSION WERE MIXED WITH FREE LABOR.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH,

A REMINDER THAT OUR MORAL FOUNDATION

IS BASED ON OBJECTIFYING THE WOMEN 

WHO USE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FOUNDATION

THEY CAME ACROSS TRIBES THAT EXPRESSED FREE LOVE

THAT PRIZED THEIR MATRIACHIES BECAUSE 

WOMEN MAKING DECISIONS WAS ENOUGH.

BUT IT WAS THE HUNGER FOR CONTROL THAT TRANSFORMED INTO 

TEACHINGS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CHASTITY AND VIRGINITY

AS THOUGH THESE CONCEPTS COULD MASK THE STUPIDITY OF REPRESSION

WHEN THE BODY CLAMORS FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN A HOLY TRINITY.

HUNGER IS DEFINED AS A STRONG DESIRE OR CRAVING

WHICH IN AMERICA CAN ONLY BE FULFILLED BY INJUSTICE AND FLAGS WAVING

AND ITS THE COMPANIES PRODUCING AMERICAN FLAGS THAT ARE FUNDED BY 

THE SAME PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DENY DUE PROCESS TO BROWN BODIES IN BODY BAGS

BUT DON’T WORRY AMERICAN CULTURE ISN’T JUST BURGERS AND FRIES,

ITS ALSO THE WIND SWEEPIN’ THE PLAIN AND

THE SOUND OF MIGRANT CHILDREN AND THEIR CRIES.