Tiny
Incarcerated for crimes of
poverty
That's being homeless.
on welfare
and poor in this
capitalist SociEty
Currently at-risk of
fallin back
in the Cracks
Did I say At-Risk?
I meant at-risk of
tellin the truth to the
wrong people
at the RiGht TimE
and the WroNg PeopIE at
at The RiGhT TiMe
Currently on this eArTh
To SaVe We WorLd
Through the WoRD
and in the ProCess...
Maybe. Me and MineS
WHEELS by Tiny
It didn't take long for my life to be over.
The mouth of the Truck had teeth
Large white porcelain teeth stained with blood
my blood, mi sangri
which dripped down its metal jaws into rivers of solid black
rubber
Rubber that became the soles of boots on the feet of marching
soldiers
who first took my apartment, then
mi vida
Wheels that shook the earth, mi tierra.
and plowed down the land.
mi vida
Dark turning wheels on my tongue
maybe if I licked their boots they wouldn't take my home. my car.
mi vida
