{"id":1153,"date":"2008-01-29T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2008-01-29T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T10:45:48","slug":"two-poems-by-luis-cuauhtemoc-berriozabal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-by-luis-cuauhtemoc-berriozabal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN HIS BEARD A COLLECTION OF SWEET BREAD<\/span>
<\/span>

On the emergency room<\/span>
table a bearded man<\/span>
being examined was<\/span>
found with ants in his beard.<\/span>

Each ant carried crumbs of sweet<\/span>
bread, which they could not<\/span>
enjoy because the nurse<\/span>
who cleaned the man's white beard,<\/span>

swept the ants away, some with<\/span>
malevolence, as<\/span>
she pinched the ants between<\/span>
her little god fingers.<\/span>

 <\/span>


FALSELY ACCUSED<\/span>

 <\/span>
I was accused<\/span>
of chasing or<\/span>
following a<\/span>
woman around.<\/span>

I was told I<\/span>
did something wrong<\/span>
and that is a<\/span>
lie. All I know<\/span>

was that I was<\/span>
on the street. I<\/span>
was hungry and<\/span>
now I am here.<\/span>

I don\u2019t know where<\/span>
my green card is.<\/span>
They took it from<\/span>
me. I don\u2019t know<\/span>

where it is and<\/span>
I don\u2019t see what<\/span>
business it is<\/span>
of yours to ask<\/span>

me such things. I<\/span>
don\u2019t have to speak<\/span>
to you. I was<\/span>
falsely accused.<\/span>


\u2022 Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal works in the mental health field in Los Angeles, California. Recently his poetry has appeared in <\/span>Beat the Dust<\/span>, <\/span>Munyori Poetry Journal<\/span>, and <\/span>Kendra Steiner Editions<\/span>.<\/span>
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